BIG MACK DONALD
[ country-folk; co-written by Daniel Muhammad ]


    Not long ago in America a nation's heartbeat throbbed
    United, not divided, families only needed one job
    Most could afford a baseball game, hot dog and a beer
    Vacation every summer and a few new clothes each year

    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint
    We’ve drowned in fat ever since ‘till there really ain’t no point
    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more
    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor

    Yeah, life in the twenty-first century, it ain't quite how it used to be
    Everything we eat is microwaved an' there’s color on tv
    Newspapers are delivered right through the telephone line
    We can charge stuff on the internet---go broke in realtime

    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint
    We’ve drowned in fat ever since ‘till there really ain’t no point
    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more
    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor

    Politicians an' preachers once sometimes told the truth
    We didn't throw war's first stone an' sacrifice our finest youth
    With no video games or cell phones, a house felt like a home
    Children fought an' played together instead of on a computer alone

    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint
    We’ve drowned in fat ever since, there really ain’t no point
    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more
    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor

    Satchel Paige said don't look back, somethin' might be gainin' on you
    But it's hard to believe in tomorrow when the blind sheep of the blind
    Are leadin' you. . .  Oh, they're leadin' you



           


Copyright © 2004 by Daniel Muhammad and Richard Aberdeen
Copyright © 2005 by Freedom Tracks Music

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