Bars

It's a crazy mixed-up world
Heavens to Betsy for the boys and girls
There's a ladder on your way to success
There's a leader with a hand up your dress

Growing hotter now day by day
We don't feel it in the usual way
Streams of confusion out of control
For the money, we will sell our soul

Take a trip down memory lane
Find that the streets don't look the same
There's no love in the heart of the city
A poor child just can't buy any pity

Bars on the window to keep us safe
Bars on the corner to help us erase
Bars on the door til we do our time
Stars and bars occupy our minds

Have you ever walked 2000 miles
To give a better life to your child
Give me your tired, give me your poor
Huddled masses are at our door

Some folks just get all the breaks
Some folks just can't tell who are the fakes
I'm just doing the best that I can
Trying to love my neighbor and understand

Bars on the window to keep us safe
Bars on the corner to help us erase
Bars on the door til we do our time
Stars and bars occupy our mind