countryman, lend us your ear
i said countryman, so tangled in fear
america, so frozen in time
i said america, you slowly decline

a personal vendetta saturated our lives,
leaves us spittin’ blood, as we
untangle the crimes,
mixing what’s important with that junk that we eat
surrounded by a bubble
there’s no air left to breathe

i’m screamin’ New York
you lie through your teeth
i said New York you’re out of your reach
i said, someday were gonna’ be free
til then, don’t you worry ‘bout me

they lend you their tired and huddled masses
but you just united the upper classes,
horatio alger turned LA eccentric
an image on a screen with nothing behind it
screaming countryman

we’re screaming countryman
we’re screaming countryman
oh we’re screaming countryman

(instrumental)

countryman lend us your ear,
countryman shake off your fear
america, can you still breathe,
i said america, can you see
we’re headin’ where the wind is running over the sand?
runnin’ to the rhythm of a rag tag band
playin’ clean and loose to keep from going insane
breaking from the patterns that have scrambled our brains

(chorus)

we’re screaming countryman