Luyện nghe bài hát The Great American Novel

I was born and raised an orphan in a land that once was
In a land that poured its out on the moon;
and I grew up in the shadows of your silos filled grain,
but you never helped to my empty spoon.

And I was ten you murdered law with courtroom politics,
And you learned to make a lie sound like truth;
But I know you better now and I fall for all your tricks,
And you've the one advantage of my youth.

You kill a black man at midnight just for talking to daughter,
Then you his wife your mistress and you leave her without water;
And the sheet you wear upon face is the sheet your children sleep on,
At every meal you say a prayer; you don't believe but still you on.

And money says in God we trust,
But it's against the law to pray in
You say we beat the to the moon,
And I say you your children to do it.

You are far across the ocean but the war is not own,
And while you're winning theirs, you're gonna lose the one at
Do you think the only way to bring about the peace
Is to sacrifice your and kill all your enemies?

The politicians all make speeches while the news men all note,
And they the issues as they shove them down our throats;
Is it really up to them whether this country sinks or
Well I wonder who would lead us if none of us vote.

Well my is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the fence,
You know every move I make, or is that just
you try to make my way of life a little less like jail,
If I promise to make tapes and slides and them through the mail.

And money says in God we trust,
But it's the law to pray in school;
You say we the Russians to the moon,
And I say you your children to do it.
You say all men are equal, all men are brothers,
why are the rich more equal than others?
Don't ask me for the answer, I've only got
a man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son