i’m building a house on the limb  i need something that could stop a war  but i’m beset on all sides  by extremists with eyes on my heart  so i lie to everyone    i’ve lied to so many lovers  i’ve gotten away with it too  but if God is against us  then who can be for us my friends  there’s justice for everyone    please take your hands off my brother  please take your laws off my lover  the agents of law  should always be blind and on time  till there’s freedom for everyone    where are your american brothers  american before they were named  they’re a huddling mass  with no oceans to cross for our shores  where there’s fortune for everyone    oppression is always oppression  no matter the reasons or means  for skin or for sex,  by stares or by fists it’s the same  there are blinders on everyone    i’ve looked through the eyes of my father  i’ve walked through lincoln’s backyard  and there’s still a backseat  when you ride on the bus through this town  there’s color on everyone    so we lie beneath a tree of no color  like an american flag umbrella  it keeps the elements out  and it’s stuck to the ground in this place  but there’s room for everyone    i know a way out of hell  we raise all our enemies’ children  after they’ve murdered ours  we affix all their scars to our walls  so there’s heartbreak for everyone    in the end it will all be ok  that’s what the wise men tell us  so if it’s not ok then it’s not the end, oh my friends  there’s hope for everyone    these lyrics are submitted by xaris01