Manic Street Preachers
Dead Yankee Drawl
[Instrumental Intro]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
Bill and Ted and Wayne's World drawl
Just another dull fucking bore
Vietnam's cool now and even Superman's believed
Hussein in power as the media war retreats
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Suck your honey until you choke
You are a mechanism of social control
Multi-national aim of one world culture
Turning one dollar into another and another
[Chorus 1]
Dead yankee drawl hey we got your beat
Dead yankee drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through starving eyes
Tearing down forests just to earn a buck
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Killed off literature for sex and violence
Fed a generation the equivalent of silence
Dragged jack down to self same bigotry
Passive acceptance of a consumer society
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Fake sentiments tying up contracts
Making idols of guitars and haircuts
Multi-national aim of one world culture
Turning one dollar into another and another
[Chorus 1]
Dead yankee drawl hey we got your beat
Dead yankee drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through starving eyes
Tearing down forests just to earn a buck
[Chorus 2]
Dead yankee drawl hey we got your beat
Dead yankee drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through Red Indian eyes
Silent race war of sweet Hollywood lies
[Bridge]
Lets go down to Greenwich Village and desecrate
The no raid slogans that justify 6 counties hate
Lets go down Redondo Beach and wax body company
Cos reality for T.V. is Disney, not King, Rodney
Lets go down to Indiana Youth Centre quickly
Tyson's money ain't as free as junior Kennedys
[Outro]
Yankee
Dead yankee
Dead yankee
Dead yankee drawl