{"id":246,"date":"2017-02-01T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2017-02-01T00:05:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:05:01","slug":"justice-is-sinking-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/01\/justice-is-sinking-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE IS SINKING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Wasteland Of The Free<\/h2>\n

from the album <\/strong>the way i should<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

by Iris DeMent
\n\u00a91996 Songs of Iris ASCAP<\/p>\n

We got preachers dealin’ in politics and diamond mines
\nAnd their speech is growing increasingly unkind
\nThey say they are Christ’s disciples
\nBut they don’t look like Jesus to me
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

We got politicians runnin’ races on corporate cash
\nNow don’t tell me they don’t turn around and kiss them people’s ass
\nNow you may call me old-fashioned
\nBut that don’t fit my picture of a true democracy
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

We got CEO’s makin’ 200 times the worker’s pay
\nBut they’ll fight like hell against raisin’ the minimum wage
\nAnd if you don’t like it Mister
\nThey’ll ship your job to some third world country ‘cross the sea
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/em>
\nLiving in the wasteland of the free
\nWhere the poor have now become the enemy
\nLet’s blame our troubles on the weak ones
\nSounds like some kind of Hitler remedy
\nLiving in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

We got little kids with guns fightin’ inner city wars
\nSo, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors
\nAnd we call ourselves the advanced civilization
\nBut that sounds like crap to me
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

We got high school kids runnin’ ’round in Calvin Klein and Guess
\nWho cannot pass a 6th grade reading test
\nBut if you ask them, they can tell you
\nThe name of every crotch on MTV
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

We kill for oil then we throw a party when we win
\nSome guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin
\nBut he’s standin’ up for what he believes in
\nAnd that seems pretty damned American to me
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/p>\n

Repeat Chorus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While we sit gloating in our greatness
\nJustice is sinking to the bottom of the sea
\nAnd it feels like I’m livin’ in the wasteland of the free<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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