Heres To The State Of Mississippi

Eddie Vedder

Compositor: Phil Ochs ( Tim Robins / Eddie Vedder)

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here's to the judges of John Roberts,
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who wear the robe of honor in a phony legal form,
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and justices are stranger when the partisans report,
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when the court elected a president it was the beginning of this war,

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here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
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John Roberts find yourself another country   to be part of
 
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here's to the government of Dick Cheney,
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with criminals posing as advisors to the crown,
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and they hope that no one sees the sites or that no one hears the sounds,
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cause the speeches of our president are the remains of a clown

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here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
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Dick Cheney find yourself another country    to be part of

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here's to the churches of Jerry Falwell,
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oh the cross once made of silver now is turned to rust,
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and the sunday morning services preach in fear of men in love,
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and God only knows in heaven they must trust

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here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
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Jerry Falwell find yourself another country   to be part of

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here's to the laws of Alberto Gonzalez,
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congress will pass an act in the panic of the day,
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and the Constitution's drowning in an ocean of decay,
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and freedom of speech is dangerous i've even heard them say,

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here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
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Gonzalez find yourself another country  to be part of

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here's to the businessmen of George W,
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who'll want to change the focus from Halliburton to Enron
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and their profits like blood money spilled out on the white house lawn,
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to keep their hold on power they're using terror as a con,
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while the bombs they fall on children dont know which side...dont care which side that they're on

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here's to the land you tore out the heart of,
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George W find yourself another country   to be part of

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here's to the land youve torn out the heart of,
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George W find yourself another country   to be part of