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I Remember

Mdc
(album: Millions Of Dead Cops)

I remember when I first went to school
They said, Don´t be a joker, don´t be a fool
Pledge your allegiance to the red, white and blue
Don´t expect your country to do nothin´ for you
They said your forefathers loved you
but I only had one
And I watched him die in the heat of the sun
Suckin´ up the bullets of a policeman´s gun
There was nothin´ I could do but stay away

In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances
If you plan on stayin´ free
They call this the land of the living
But they´re trying to make a dead man out of me

I remember when I first hit the road
I was runnin´ from the lenders of the money I owed
Came to Austin, heard a knock at my door
Crossed another border and I´m runnin´ some more
They say they´re gonna get me but it ain´t happened yet
Burnin´ my fingers on my last cigarette
It´s time to remember time to forget
Nothin´ I could do but get away

I remember all the stories I heard
How a man´s supposed to be ´bout as free as a bird
My brother´s in prison, my father´s dead
Me, I´m tired of living with a price on my head
I wonder if there´s a place to be
In the whole wide country for a fella like me
Name´s in the paper, face on T.V.
Nothin´I can do but get away