Robert Mayhew - American Idle lyrics

American Idle [Intro] Do not adjust your TV screen, in fact don't do anything at all What you see should make u scream though, ‘cause we about to fall [Verse 1] I suggest you take a look for yourself God helps those who help themselves Bring that word down from off the shelf Or did you buy what they have to sell Isn't the mind wasted a terrible thing When you allowed them to pull your strings Why did you buy into the news they bring Your just an American Idle in the voice you sing You never have to stand on your own When you're just hangin with the clones The voice you had is now only drone Just pop another selfie on your phone [Chorus] Are you happy now? Are you happy now? When you could have made things right Cause you had a chance to make a stand And you could have stood, you could've fought But you punked out, got bought, and took flight And now you've earned the title of the American Idle [Verse 2] Oh I know, it ain't your fault You only showin what you're taught But trouble has come to this land before And men have died on a foreign shore I was hoping this land could be restored In the land of the free and home of the poor It was in our leaders that we sought To bring this nonsense to a halt Why should we search for the American dream Thats the part right there, a chasm of screams The more things change, the more they're the same For, I, Too, Sing America, but I won't be tamed [Chorus] Are we happy now? Are we happy now? When we could have made things right Cause we had a chance to make a stand And we could have stood, we could've fought But we punked out, got bought, and took flight And now we've earned the title of the American Idle [Outro] Is it we the people who have the right to bear arms Why do we allow ourselves to be brought such harm Maybe I'll sing “Help me Ronda” but not too pitchy Or lay down the Trump card if things get too b**hy Either way it's time for us to choose Will we help ourselves or just loosely sing the blues Cause if we don't make a choice, we choose to lose