ok example 1
Reagan's favorite song of inspiration and American Values:
sounds like child abuse by alcoholic parents to me.born in the usa wrote:Born down in a dead man's town.
first kick I took was when I hit the ground.
living like a dog that's been beat too much.
you spend half your life just covering up.
had a choice of either a prison sentance or to serve in veitnam.got into a little hometown jam.
so they put a rifle in my hand.
sent me off to a foriegn land.
to go kill the yellow man.
no GI bill, lots of unemployment, reduced medical benefits.came back home to the refinery.
the Hiring man says son if it was up to me.
went down to see my VA man
he says son don't you understand.
The US military did nothing for the spouses and children they left behind in Vietnam.I had a brother at Khe sahn fighting off the Veit Cong.
they're still there he's all gone.
he had a woman he loved in Siagon
I have a picture of him in her arms.
So there's no jobs, except to work in the prison, or be one of the prisoners. note he probably can't get a job as a prison guard since he got busted in the first verse.Down by the shadows of the Penetentiary.
by the gas fires of the refinery
ten years burning down the road
got no where to run got no where to go.
. Needless to say, my teacher wasn't an Iron Maiden fan and didn't appreciate my response. Peasant...