G C G IT?S AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, IT?S A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY G C D/A IT?S THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE Em D RALLY ROUND A CAGE Em D C D OR ACT YOUR AGE G C D/A G LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL G C D/A WE KNOW WHAT WE?RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DON?T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL Em D RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DON?T MAKE A FUSS Em D C RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF I?M NOT AWARE THAT I?M ONE OF US? D IT?S A QUESTION OF TRUST G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C E RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON ?THESE DAYS C G D AS IF WE DON?T KNOW WHAT WE?VE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN G C UNDERSTAND IT?S NOT GETTING BETTER AND IT?S GROWING OUTSIDE G C A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED D E ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CAN?T COVER OUR EYES C I DON?T UNDERSTAND DON?T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C E BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDN?T KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE C G D THEN OF COURSE IT?S EVERYONE?S FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW G C TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE G C WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES D E WE?RE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT ?PLEASE? C I CAN?T UNDERSTAND DON?T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C G ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR D C G C G WHERE ?FAMILY VALUES? ARE A VALUE MOST CAN?T AFFORD C G RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS C G RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, CALLED ?HOW CAN WE BE WRONG? C D RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE C?MON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG C E WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL C D E WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL C G BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME C G WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN C G D WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE E F# G THIS ISN?T ME, THIS ISN?T ME, E F# G C THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, THIS ISN?T ME E F# G C THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, THIS ISN?T ME E C G THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.
