All along the avenues
The soldiers make their way
While lovers reap the revenue
Of a cold September day
Kiss me, darling kiss me
Like we'll never kiss again
And love me, won't you love me
Like it's our greatest revenge
No one knows how much it means
the pundit wars, rag magazines
Battle fronts and beauty queens
Making love in the headlines
I feel for all their progeny
How will they know what freedom means
When it's forged to every cause and claim
On the fear assembly lines
Oh the American machine
Oh the American sheep
What happened to our chivalry
Now pork is fed to the fattest beasts
And the women and the babies
are starving on the ship
And the waters coming in so fast
It's hard to know how long it we’ll last
When you take in more than your give back
All you’ll drown under the debt
Oh the American greed
Oh the American greed
It’s not me
I'm gonna give what I can
Come, come feed the promise that’s inside of me
With a little love, we’ll raise a brand new army up
Of the surest doves with hearts
That gleam like golden guns
With nothing in their arsenal but love
I'd give it all for a legacy of love


(Thanks to Deirdre for these lyrics)