From the recording Warning Bell
Lyrics
United Nations of America
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Grandpa, tell me the story. I really want to know.
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What was it like before the United Nations of America, long ago?
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did countries really fight countries? What was diplomacy,
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privacy fences, secret ballots and one-way TV?
How George, our founding father, boldly started it all
by chasing off Saddam Hussein, then ending terror for us all.
How the U.N. and World Court were abolished and the World Peace Army made.
Tell me what was it like in the USA?
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What was it like in the USA?
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What was it like in the USA?
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I can’t even imagine living free that way. (3rd time: I’d like to imagine...)
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What was it like in the USA?
Could you really start in Minnesota and drive to the Florida Keys,
without a single security checkpoint, taking any road you pleased?
Tell me of the French Underground after our tanks rolled into Paris
and the Internet became one state-run ISP.
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Tell me why you’re angry now, that we don’t have any crime.
The Homeland Police just do their job when they watch us all the time.
There’s no more Mafia, no dirty books. They hold the world in the grip of peace.
Grandpa tell me what it meant to “speak your piece.”
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Words and music by David B. Hakan 4-5-2003
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