The system failed us again      Factory layoff, welfare checks    Who's to blame for the state we're in?   The system failed us      Government housing, concentration camps    Ghetto barriers separate each class   The system failed us      The system failed us again      We've been pushed down into extinction   Talking about the infirmed, the elderly   Families can't afford health insurance   Have to choose groceries to eat or medicine to live      Native cultures, praise the old   Through experience they've seen it all   The system failed us      There's a power in control   Making sure they won't teach the young   The system failed us      The system failed us again      At charity care they treat you like shit   They've got jobs, so they don't care   So you must bow like a slave   You're future depends on the decision they make      The system failed us      See benefits being taken away   From the people, who's money you take   The system failed us      Perhaps they know too much   Get rid of them before they talk   The system failed us