I stood aghast and wondering
While the nation licked its corporate sole
I couldn't stand opportunity squandered
We should have left a better world
It's not patriotic to give up our liberty
It's not peaceful to threaten our friends
It's not freedom to report your neighbors
It's a broken republic they've left us to mend
Instead we profiled Arab descent
We declared war on anything in sight
We ruined air travel just for ourselves
While the stupid sold freedom as fries
(chorus)
Show me how freedom means
"do what I say"
Show me how conscience means
"kneel when I pray"
Show me these meanings
you put into words
I'll show you fascism -
that's not the way
That is not the American way
At a time when the truth was clear to tell
The fourth plane was evidence enough
We would never let this happen again
But we sacrificed "all the above"
(chorus)
I stood aghast at the terror unleashed
We could have left a world better for peace
