37 days

if it takes 37 days to figure out who won an election
how many years does it take to find Bin Laden?
and hope we limit our resources,
thinking about whats going on over here

we are in dire need of some direction
how many years does it take to rebuild Iraq?
and I hope we think about what we’re doing
worrying about whats going on over here

a friend got layed off today
and by no fault of her own
had to cancel her communication lines
cause of course she couldnt pay the fines

and the spin is in the rhetoric of whats really important
listening to the news and sitting praying in the pews
it really doesnt matter if you’re one of muslims, christians or jews,
it affects all american you’s

it do it do
what about for you?

and if it takes 37 days to figure out an election
we should pick our fights with better selection
and worry about our own direction

even robert frost wouldnt want to get fired
for writing poetry on the job
yet who would pay the cost of being tired,
for writing poetry for the mob

pretty soon she’ll find some work
hopefully something she’s qualified to do
and not for some hard-assed jerk
as quickly she’ll be through

and we are in tight times, of slight rhymes
of light minds, and fight lines.
"let’s go to war!" some seem to say
while others scream, "don’t waste our day!"

I’m feeling quite aroused by this,
I don’t know what to do,
cause war seems real fun and nice
til the draft-card’s stamp finds you

yet I know I’m probably okay
cause I have a trick bum knee
yet my 18 year-old brother’s day
will seem to the government free

and for him I’d go to death
against someone I didnt care,
because its kids like Seth
that shouldn’t go over there

if it takes 37 days to figure out who won an election
how many years does it take to find Bin Laden?
and hope we limit our resources,
thinking about whats going on over here

we are in dire need of some direction
how many years does it take to rebuild Iraq?
and I hope we think about our direction
cause young lives we can never have back



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