Song Lyrics

"Step Into The Madness"

by Larry Norman
Album: Stranded in Babylon

Step into the madness
Of a million city streets
Where dealers sell white powder
And children stand and bleed
Where local gangs are vicious
And cops are so impure
That schoolboys carry Uzis
So they'll feel secure

Where fathers rape their daughters
And beat up on their sons
Until the mother tries to stop him
And goes and buys a gun
Where the local church is closed
Except a couple times a week
And turns its face from all
The homeless in the street

THIS IS AMERICA
LAND OF THE FREE
EVERYONE GETS JUSTICE
AND LIBERTY
IF YOU GOT THE MONEY

Bankers and controllers
Make deals on foreign shores
And the CIA ships heroin
To finance their secret wars
They sell the madmen weapons
Then send soldiers to their land
And in the name of God we battle
For all the oil under the sand

Step into the madness

Step into the madness
As a thousand points of light
Illuminate the warheads
For the final fight
Step into the madness
Say your prayers
And drink your tea
Get ready for a kinder, gentler
World War Three


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