Hiding Too Long
Bob Dylan
Come you phoney super-patriotic people that say That hating and fearing is my only way That this here country has got to be You're thinking of your sales you ain't thinking of me. You're not thinking of any George Washington You're not thinking of any Thomas Jefferson But you say that you are and you lie and mislead You use their names for your aims for your selfish greed. Don't speak to me of your patriotism When you throw the Southern black boy in prison And you say the only good niggers are the ones that have died Don't think I'll ever stand on your side. Though you make it so hard for me to love My face will never feel the slap of your glove My hands will never buy the cards that you play My feet will never walk down the road that you lay. Get out in the open stop standing afar Let the whole world see what a hypocrite you are I ain't joking and it ain't no gag You bin hiding too long behind the American flag.
