Lyrics
I'm looking outside of my window
The view that I see
Is a child and mama
And the child is begging for money
Tell me why, tell me why
The woman is blind?
Is she so broke
The kid's dealing crime?
It's such a beautiful city
But the world is burning it down
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's such a beautiful city
But the world is burning it down
I go to my room to turn on the TV
I sit myself down
And I start laughing hard
'Cause this man, he's asking for money
He says, "If you send me lots of cash
I'll send you stuff to make you rich fast"
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A
One day I'm gonna have lots of money
And then I'm gonna have to give it up for this rich society, oh
Oh, please Mr. President, won't you lend me a future?
'Cause you'll just get it back
From the little blind woman with the kid on the corner
And the people all over, doin' crack
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
Sing it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A, ooh, hm
I'm walking outside on a sunny day
With no one around
And I wonder what's wrong
Then I hear this loud piercing siren
Oh my God, the bomb has just dropped
And everybody climbed right on top screaming
"What a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
He's burning it down"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
He's burning it down
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah