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Artist/Band: 
Steppenwolf 
Lyrics for Song: The Ostrich 
Lyrics for Album: Gold [2005]
  
               
  7912>We'll call you when you're six years old
  And drag you to the factory
  To train your brain for eighteen years
  With promise of security
  But then you're free
  And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign
  So you may die in Florida
  At the pleasant age of sixty nine
 
 
  The water's getting hard to drink
  We've mangled up the country side
  The air will choke you when you breathe
  We're all committing suicide
  But it's alright
  It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots
  Will strip the earth of all it's green
  And then divide her into parking lots
 
 
  But there's nothing you and I can do
  You and I are only two
  What's right and wrong is hard to say
  Forget about it for today
  We'll stick our heads into the sand
  Just pretend that all is grand
  Then hope that everything turns out ok
 
 
  You're free to speak your mind my friend
  As long as you agree with me
  Don't criticize the father land
  Or those who shape your destiny
  'Cause if you do
  You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew
  We'll send out all our boys in blue
  They'll find a way to silence you
 
 
  But there's nothing you and I can do
  You and I are only two
  What's right and wrong is hard to say
  Forget about it for today
  We'll stick our heads into the sand
  Just pretend that all is grand
  Then hope that everything turns out ok
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