Counting the Days

So greedy
taxing my taxes
sending me to prison
but can't feed me
 Never believing it's true
blind to the truth
until it happens to you
Trying to find out whats right
alone my struggles for life
 Building more prisons
less schools
nobody seems to listen
We are under attack
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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