Arcade Fire: M.I.A.

Here's my song about gun controlAs my politics begin to rollThings are getting out of controlIt's time to stop, drop and rock 'n' rollWe built and sold them the gunsMade in AmericaGlued to the tube TV before Dallas 1963It was assumed baby boomersBloomed doomed to ruin the countryBut who knew the children of NormandySoon would resume war with VietnameseOverseas, we sent 18 year-olds to bleedFace it, like Oswald woke the nationOsama woke my generationNow the kids of NintendoIf drafted will attend theBush administration family agendaOf bending back hands and sending childrenAttacking Iraqi lands and buildingsSo Cheney can rebuild for 200 billionThey'll disarm the regime but not the childrenWe built and sold them the gunsMade in AmericaSacrificing our kids lives for global crisisWhile fools of the NRAWatch kids shoot kids in high schoolsWith tools they say kill deerNot fill pools of bloodAnd guts, and tears, and the love and trustWe lent to the governmentThat's here to protect not just guns but usDon't place blame on video gamesMarilyn Manson or NWAHow can we blame them for the situation?When an Alzheimer's patientLeads the Nation Rifle AssociationWe built and sold them the gunsMade in AmericaI'm a Reagan BabyMy formative years are the 1980sRussian production and reductionOf weapons of mass destructionHappened alreadyEven the Cuban missile crisisHad pictures of bombs throughout the islandTo sway biasAnd now we hide behind bombsDropped on innocent momsIgnoring gun control and dropping stocksSenate majority leaders opposing '57 Little RockWhile we annihilate North Korea, Iran and IraqIf the government shoots firstTo stimulate commerceThings are only going to get worseIf the government shoots firstWe built and sold them the gunsMade in AmericaWe sold them the same gunsThat are now facing back towards usAnd what do we do?We go over thereBut until we view here and there as the same placeWe will always be fighting another religion, another raceThere are peaceful solutionsThere are