The bodies fill up Pine Street
This pile of great ex-lives
These corpses that we came from
Are gonna burn tonight
They burn, burn, burn

We were children of the American Century
Whether or not we choose to learn these lessons
How many wives makes a lifetime?
How many lives justifies the cost of war?
How many cops do we continue to pour into these beats
Til we stop making slums on our neighbors’ doors
Surprise, prise, prised
Could we learn, learn, learn

Well we hope it’s not a precedent
That the best would surely rise
If we were made from brain dead matter
One day set afire
Life

I was a child of the American family
First generation, seventh on the other side
Mom came looking for freedom
Dad left for the same reason
Now it’s my turn to decide
Learn, learn, learn

Let the bodies fill up Pine Street
Scores of innocent lives
Who were disinterested
We’d rather shed land than light
But you surprise me, baby
You surprised me, baby

As we hold thes truths self-eviddent
Like the best would surely rise
If we were made from brain dead matter
One day set a fire
Life

So we burn, burn, burn
We burn, burn, burn

Bodies fill up Pine Street
Bodies fill up Pine Street
Bodies fill up Pine Street
Scores of great ex-lives
Burn, burn, burn tonight
They burn, burn, burn