Democracy
Ton : DbEnglish
Couplet
It's Dbcoming through a Gbhole in the Dbair
From those Dbnights in AbTiananmen DbSquare.
It's Gbcoming from the feel
That this Bain't exactly Gbreal
Or it's Dbreal but it Abain't exactly Dbthere.
From the Fwars against disorder
From the Bbmsirens night and day
From the Ffires of the homeless
From the Bbmashes of the gay:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.
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It's Dbcoming through a Gbcrack in the Dbwall;
On a Dbvisionary Abflood of Dbalcohol;
From the Gbstaggering account
Of the BSermon on the GbMount
Which I Dbdon't pretend to Abunderstand at Dball.
It's Fcoming from the silence
On the Bbmdock of the bay
From the Fbrave the bold the battered
Heart of BbmChevrolet:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.
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It's Dbcoming from the Gbsorrow in the Dbstreet
The Dbholy places Abwhere the races Dbmeet;
From the Gbhomicidal bitchin'
That goes Bdown in every Gbkitchen
To Dbdetermine who will Abserve and who will Dbeat.
From the Fwells of disappointment
Where the Bbmwomen kneel to pray
For the Fgrace of God in the desert here
And the Bbmdesert far away:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.
Refrain
Sail Abon sail Gbon
O Dbmighty Ship of State!
To the AbShores of Need
Past the GbReefs of Greed
Through the DbSqualls of Hate
Sail Ebmon sail Abon sail Gbon sail Dbon.
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It's Dbcoming to GbAmerica Dbfirst
The Dbcradle of the Abbest and of the Dbworst.
It's Gbhere they got the range
And the Bmachinery for Gbchange
And it's Dbhere they got the Abspiritual Dbthirst.
It's Fhere the family's broken
And it's Bbmhere the lonely say
That the Fheart has got to open
In a Bbmfundamental way:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.
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It's Dbcoming from the Gbwomen and the Dbmen.
O Dbbaby we'll be Abmaking love Dbagain.
We'll be Gbgoing down so deep
The Briver's going to Gbweep
And the Dbmountain's going to Abshout Db"Amen!"
It's Fcoming like the tidal flood
BbmBeneath the lunar sway
FImperial mysterious
In Bbmamorous array:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.
Refrain
Sail Abon sail Gbon
O Dbmighty Ship of State!
To the AbShores of Need
Past the GbReefs of Greed
Through the DbSqualls of Hate
Sail Ebmon sail Abon sail Gbon sail Dbon.
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I'm Dbsentimental if you Gbknow what I Dbmean
I love the Dbcountry but I Abcan't stand the Dbscene.
And I'm Gbneither left or right
I'm just Bstaying home Gbtonight
Getting Dblost in that Abhopeless little Dbscreen.
But I'm Fstubborn as those garbage bags
That Bbmtime cannot decay
I'm Fjunk but I'm still holding up
This Bbmlittle wild bouquet:
AbDemocracy is coming Gbto the DbU.S.A.