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