// Columbia Is Burning, by Nellie McKay: Lyrics
NOTE: Song has been edited (with significant rearrangement of stanzas, etc.), so this is the lyrics as they appear in the vid, not in the original.
the surgeon is in town
and there you are
the clamp is comin' down
then a scream
they're just animals
make good edibles
fester filth and disease
read the bible son
we got dominion
we can do as we please
i don't wanna know
if you're havin' fun
or your maddens are on sale
i don't wanna know
if you've got a gun
or a new stepson
or you think you're gonna bail
rodney j
began to pray
his momma lost her life that day
had been a year
it wasn't clear
if he was safe or screamin'
as he jabbed
the bible flap
he didn't think to face the fact
that barbarism killed the cat
columbia is bleeding
generalize
proselytize
words were spilling out their sides
as charles eise
buys his supplies
gets ready for a feedin'
tried for track
hit the mat
didn't think to face the fact
that while he's thinkin'
man that's wack
columbia is bleeding
you don't have a religion
but you have fingers ten
they clutch at your incision
you roll them up and
then a scream
everybody knows
protestors are those
schmoes who don't have a life
see these scientists
seekin' differences
have to suffer such strife
i don't wanna know
if you're havin' fun
or your maddens are on sale
i don't wanna know
if you've got a gun
or a new stepson
or you think you're gonna bail
quite a snob
he didn't tip
nice guy rob watched the eclipse
was thinkin' how
he's made it now
that successful feelin'
made a pass
got hand slapped
didn't think to face the fact
that while he's mackin on that ass
columbia is bleeding
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