C5 A5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines G5 C5 And their speech is growing increasingly unkind A5 They say they are Christ's disciples F5 But they don't look like Jesus to me C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash G5 C5 Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass A5 Now you may call me old-fashioned F5 But that don't fit my picture of a true democracy C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We got C E O's makin' two hundred times the workers pay G5 C5 But they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage A5 And if you don't like it mister F5 They'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free F5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free E5 A5 Where the poor have now become the enemy F5 C5 Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones E5 A5 F5 Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars G5 C5 So, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors A5 And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation F5 But that sounds like crap to me C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess G5 C5 Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test A5 But if you ask them , they can tell you F5 The name of every crotch on MTV C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G5 C5 We kill for oil then throw a party when we win G5 C5 Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin A5 But he's standin' up for what he believes in F5 And that seems pretty damned American to me C5 G5 C5 And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free F5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free E5 A5 Where the poor have now become the enemy F5 C5 Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones E5 A5 F5 Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free F5 C5 Whilst we sit gloating in our greatness E5 A5 Justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea F5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free F5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free F5 G5 C5 Living in the wasteland of the free