They Can Take the Rifle, We'll Take the Song

We were never american

We were never them

We were never he who dies

With the most toys wins

Not because we are special

But because we are not

A human a gift

A bear a gift

A raven a gift

A rose a gift

We were never their american

We were never them

We were louis armstrong

Hüsker dü

Antler

The yiddish anarchist

Lower east side

They can take the rifle

We’ll take the song

They’ll take henry ford

And rush limbaugh

They can take anger descending

A golden escalator

We’ve got sitting bull mavis staples

And henry threadgill harvey milk

We’ve got angels

They’ve got roy cohn

We’re from the other america

The one not mentioned

They can take the westward push

Into the oblivion sunset

Towers of buffalo skulls

The sepia sunrise

Take it all

We don’t want it

Take al capone

Take the drug war

Take clint eastwood

We don’t want him

We’ll take sunshine

And beehives

Silence on a beach