The national nightmare has begun
  Empire of fantasy with a dark gloved fist aloft
  While the challenger explodes
  Banks are failing coming down hard
  
  The way things are going I'm moving to the sun belt
  Stars and stripes, forever is a long time
  Don't ask me what's to be done
  Ask what you can do for your country ?
  
  The Big Dipper' coming down
  Miss America's lost her crown
  Guess I've spent too long in this old town
  No time to run and hide
  We've been taken for a ride
  America leads the world in teenage suicide
  
  I always thought it would have been great
  To be a part of the United States
  a land of unmissed opportunity
  A friend seems so far ahead
  A land safe on film
  Untouched by reality
  But like a well played record seemed to scratch
  The news that real life and cinema don't match
  Even Forrest Gump can't save us now
  
  The king of Hollywood is dead
  I don't care what the president said
  I don't believe in everything I've read
  The Big Dipper's coming down
  New York's just a shanty town
  That distant sound is L.A. burning down
  
  The golden years of justice
  The golden years of youth
  The golden years of liberty
  The golden years of truth
  
  Laser bombin'
  Status seekin'
  Trail blazin'
  Frontier pushin'
  Space racin'
  Earth quakin'
  Jesus freakin'
  Serial killin'
  Cult crushin'
  Net surfin'
  Networkin'
  Fast talkin'
  Gun runnin'
  Fun lovin'
  America !
  
  The Big Dipper' coming down
  Miss America's lost her crown
  Guess I've spent too long in this old town
  No time to run and hide
  We've been taken for a ride
  America leads the world in teenage suicide
  The Big Dipper's coming down
  New York's just a shanty town
  That distant sound is L.A. burning down
  The king of Hollywood is dead
  I don't care what the president said
  I don't believe in everything I've read