I can hear this country cryin'   Three hundred million tears   For some Super Bowl commercial   That's gonna banish all its fears   My TV spews fake emotions   So saccharine I could choke   They call this entertainment   This drama is a joke      Yeah, this damn nation is a sentimental fool   Who's weepin' while there's work to do   Yeah, this damn nation, aw, ya know I do adore   I'm just lookin' for a little more      We got greeting-card emotion   'Cause we can't express ourselves   I won't tell you to your face   But I'll call you on my cell   We got bumper sticker potshots   And we hide behind our screens   You can say anything you want   Just don't talk to me      Yeah, this damn nation is a spoiled little child   Selfish, unrepentant, and wild   Yeah, this damn nation, oh, ya know I do adore   I'm just lookin' for a little more      Yeah, this damnation, this indictment is a prayer   And in my mind no flags are burned   But "American popular culture," my friend   Is a contradiction in terms      We got twelve-year-olds conditioned   Sex and violence every day   We got kids thinkin' they're freaks   'Cause they're not getting laid   And don't talk about the airwaves   'Cause I can't hold back the tears   All the bands that could save your life   You will never hear      Yeah, this damn nation, it leaves me so uninspired   Disappointed, sad, and tired   Yeah, this damn nation, oh, ya know I do adore   I'm just lookin' for a little more      Yeah, this damnation, this indictment is a prayer   And my country, 'tis of thee I sing   And American popular culture can't be dead   'Cause there is no such thing