We Got Us a Brand New America
WE GOT US A BRAND NEW AMERICA
By Roy Merritt
Meet our new friend Vladimir
He looks really good to me
I’m pretty sure he can teach us some stuff
He was a colonel in the KGB
Those kind of fellas can get things done
Can make straight down seem up
Can show us how to silence our critics
Show us how to shut ‘em up
Yes we got us a brand new America
It’s the one we been hankering for
From now on we’ll be sittin’ pretty
If we can avoid us a civil war
In order for that we gotta be committed
We gotta bring a lot pain
We gotta show we’ll take no guff
From those darein’ to complain
So break out your big stash of weapons
That is if you’re on my side
But don’t you dare show no consternation
Cos’ that we won’t abide
Yes we got us a brand new America
The one we been hankering for
From now on we’ll be sittin’ pretty
If we can avoid us a civil war
Who gives a damn what our friends might say
Or even our sacred creed
We’ve embarked on a brand new day
And all in the name of greed
There’s money enough to go around
And maybe even a lot of war
We might to get us to kill a lot of people
Right here and on foreign shores
Yes we got us a brand new America
It’s the one we been hankering for
From now on we’ll be sittin’ pretty
If we can avoid us a civil war
So say goodbye to your Constitution
Any nonsense of civil rights
Say goodbye to your ideal America
My side has won the fight
And even though we might’ve played dirty
Compromised the fourth estate
We’ll all be standin’ around and croonin’
At this nation’s inevitable wake
Yes we gotta us a brand new America
It’s the one we been hankering for
From now on we’ll be sittin’ pretty
If we can avoid us a civil war
Meet our new friend Vladimir
He really looks good to me
I’m pretty sure he can teach us some stuff
He was colonel in the KGB
Those kind of fellas can get things done
Can make straight down seem up
Can show us how to silence our critics
Show us how to shut ‘em up
We intend to shut ‘em up
We’re gonna shut ‘em up
Yes we gotta us a brand new America
It’s the one we been hankering for
From now on we’ll be sittin’ pretty
If we can avoid us a civil war
If we can avoid us a civil war
Avoid us a civil war
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