The Shape We're In (Remix with New Tracks) Lyrics

I would go back to where I came from

If I only had the money to fly

But the way things are going in the U S of A

Make me wanna lay down and die

All of us came from somewhere else

And I know it's just a sin

That after all my years in the home of the brave

I'd live to see the shape we're in

The shape we're in

The shape we're in

Gotta find a way to change

The shape we're in

I saw those dogs in Selma town

How they murdered MLK

Then saw Four Dead in Ohio

But it ain't nothing like I see today

We gotta stop the madness

Gotta find another way

Cause if we don't do something soon

Say goodbye to the USA

The shape we're in

The shape we're in

Gotta find a way to change

The shape we're in

We won the fight for Civil Rights

Back in the days of LBJ

And we thought things would just get better

But they're so much worse today

Seen a lot of hate in this great land

I guess it's the American way

George Wallace standing on the schoolhouse steps

But it ain't nothing like we see today

We all saw it play out in Charlottesville

Somehow we gotta make it stop

But the really sad part about the shape we're in

Is now we see it coming' straight from the top

The shape we're in

The shape we're in

Gotta find a way to change

The shape we're in