intro Am7

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In a weapons producing nation under Jesus
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In the fabled crucible of the free world
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Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus
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And entertainment shapes the land
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The way the hammer shapes the hand

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Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame
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The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation
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All those not on TV only have themselves to blame
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And don't quite seem to understand
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The way the hammer shapes the hand

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Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads
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DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides
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Never worry where the gold for all this glory's gonna come from
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Get along dogies, it's coming out of your hides


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The intentional cultivation of a criminal class
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The future lit by brightly burning bridges
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Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass
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That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges
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And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war
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And let their weapons shape the plan
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The way the hammer shapes the hand
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