Lyrics Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) - Live - Steve Earle

Look at you, take a look in the mirror
Tell me what you see
Another satisfied customer in the front of the line
For the American dream

I remember, we were both on the boulevard
Talkin' revolution and singing the blues
But nowadays is letters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes
Is the best that we can do, come on

Look around, there's doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin' their scalpels and tryin' to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital
Got accountants playin' God and passin' out the pills

Yeah, I know, that sucks that your HMO ain't doing
What you thought it would do
But everybody's gotta die sometime
And we can't save everybody, it's the best that we can do

What?

Four score and a hundred and 50 years ago
Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
And maybe that ain't exactly what they was thinkin'
Version 6.0 of the American way

But hey, we can just build a wall around this country club
To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
I know that ain't exactly democratic
But it's either them or us, it's the best we can do

To the passionately conservative
It's the best we can do
This means we're conservatively passionate

It's the best we can do
Meanwhile, we're still thinkin'
Hey, let's go blow up the raft
I'm on a run, no career, I mean serial
It's the best we can do (I mean taxes)