wake up to america

america is a big country, america is a big idea, i once got a fortune cookie that said, america is a place where people can invent themselves, so when i found myself making out with two girls at once at the linkin memorial in washington, dc, i knew what that fortune cookie said had been, beautiful, strange and true, wake up to america, up to america, feel your broken heart, beaten' like a drum, wake up to america, up to america, even in the dark, shine for everyone, america, i've been reading your history, and alot of it sounds like empire building, america the world needs a foreign policy of compassion, i still believe that somewhere underneath all this mess, america's a good country, coz' i guess i believe that people in their hearts are esentially good, they just get greedy and they get scared, america it must get so lonley being you sometimes, up all night, no one to share the long drives with, don't worry we won't let you fall asleep at the wheel, wake up to america, up to america, up to america, up to america, up to america, up to america, america, wake up to america, up to america