Billy Bragg - Help save the youth of america

^GHelp save the youth of A^Cmeri^Gca Help save them from them^Dselves ^GHelp save the sun-tanned ^Csurfer ^Gboys And the Califo^Drnian ^Ggirls

^GWhen the lights go out in the ^Crest of the ^GWorld What do our cousins ^Dsay They're ^Gplaying in the sun and having ^Cfun, fun, ^Gfun Till Daddy takes the ^Dgun a^Gway From the Big Church to the ^CBig ^GRiver And out to the Shining ^DSea ^GThis is the Land of Oppor^Ctuni^Gty And there's a Monkey Trial ^Don ^GTV A nation with their ^Cfreezers ^Gfull Are dancing in their ^Dseats While ^Goutside another ^Cnatio^Gn Is sleeping ^Din the ^Gstreets ^GDon't tell me the old, old ^Cstor^Gy Tell me the truth this ^Dtime Is the ^GMan in the Mask or the ^CIndia^Gn An enemy or a ^Dfriend of ^Gmine

^GHelp save the youth of A^Cmeri^Gca Help save the youth of the ^Dworld ^GHelp save the boys in ^Cuni^Gform Their mothers and their ^Dfaithful ^Ggirls

^GListen to the voice of the ^Csoldi^Ger Down in the killing ^Dzone ^GTalking about the cost of ^Cliv^Ging And the price of ^Dbringing him ^Ghome They're already shipping the ^Cbody ^Gbags Down by the Rio ^DGrande But you can ^Gfight for democra^Ccy at ^Ghome And not in some ^Dforeign ^Gland And the fate of the great U^Cnited ^GStates Is entwined in the fate of us ^Dall And the ^Gincident at Cher^Cnobyl ^Gproves The world we live in is ^Dvery ^Gsmall And the cities of Europe have ^Cburned ^Gbefore And they may yet burn a^Dgain And ^Gif they do I hope you ^Cunders^Gtand That Washington will ^Dburn with ^Gthem Omaha will ^Dburn with ^Gthem ^CLos ^GAlamos will ^Dburn with ^Gthem