Land of the Bloody Unknown - The Middle East

And I threw away The old address of the unknown I'll spend the next ten thousand light years at home I'll stay away from work again today And think of all the records that I want to play 'Not within our goal . . . Not within the solar system I was born And you were from The one that I am from From where we all have come 'And I will stay!' Not within our goal to find another place 'Empty space is no ideal to me' Beyond the facts there lies Lies beyond imagination Beyond the miracles Beyond the skies Finally I start to realize

Some people will always have it made Some people will live in poverty for the rest of their days Time marches on Yesterday is dead and gone Life is uncertain, let me hear you say "Yeah" Death is final, yes it is There'll be days of sunshine and laughter But don't forget you're gonna have to shed some tears, oh It's the law of the land, my brother, oh Whether you like it or you understand It's the law of the land Laws made by almighty man Live by The Good Book, if you're able You must play your cards on top of the table When you gamble, you either win or lose In life everybody's got to pay some dues, well It's the law of the land Whether you like it or you understand, you can't change it It's the law of the land Laws made by almighty man Hey, it's the law, the law of the land Whether you like it or you understand It's the law, the law of the land Laws made by almighty man Being somebody can't be found Until you find yourself, think about it You might not like being who you are but you better start likin' it 'Cause you sure can't be nobody else In other words, I can't be you, ain't no way, yeah You can't be me, well well That's how it is, my sisters and brothers And that's the way that Good Lord meant it to be It's the law of the land, (Well) Whether you like it or you understand, (Say say) It's the law of the land Laws made by almighty man (Lookee here) Most of a man's day is governed by a clock For your own protection your doors you must lock What goes around, comes around And what goes up, yeah, must come down It's the law of the land Whether you like it or you understand It's the law of the land Laws made by almighty man It's the law of the land, everybody else say Whether you like it or you understand

Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face It's just the old man in me Washing his truck at the Sinclair station In the land of the free His mother Adeline's family came on a ship Cut coal and planted a seed Down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free (I'm standing crying) When I go out in my car, I don't think twice But if you're the wrong color skin (I'm standing crying) You grow up looking over both your shoulders In the land of the free We got more people locked up than the rest of the world Right here in red, white and blue (I'm standing crying) Incarceration's become big business It's harvest time out on the avenue Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Move on there's nothing to see Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free I'm standing crying I'm standing crying So how many daughters, tell me how many sons Do we have to put in the ground Before we just break down and face it We got a problem with guns In the land of the free Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall Concrete and rebar steel beams (I'm standing crying) High enough to keep all those filthy hands off Of our hopes and our dreams (I'm standing crying) People who just want the same things we do In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free (I'm standing crying)