That's the Thing About America

Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?

We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs

And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home

That gets my dad mad, boiling red

Revved up vein poppin' outta his head

Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones

Who fought and bled and came home dead

For your right to gripe, left to right

Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouth

Grab a plate and bow your heads

And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can run it down if you can back it up

You can burn the flag or be the man

Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned

If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red

That's the thing about America

Now the coffee and the TV's on

And we're eating the pie handed down

From my grandma's side from her grandma

When she arrived back in '25

She tells us all again

How her mom came off of that big boat

With all them folks all skin and bones

And an angry mob sayin' go back home

Now the anchorman says they're making plans

Fencing up the Rio Grande

Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts Amen

And granny says hell just let 'em all in

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can run it down if you can back it up

You can burn the flag or be the man

Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned

If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red

That's the thing about America

That's the thing about America

You can dream or do or say what you wanna

You can run it down if you can back it up

You can burn the flag or be the man

Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned

If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red

That's the thing about America

That's the thing about America