G C G IT’S AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, IT’S A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY G C D/A IT’S THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE Em D RALLY ROUND A CAGE Em D C D OR ACT YOUR AGE G C D/A G LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL G C D/A WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DON’T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL Em D RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DON’T MAKE A FUSS Em D C RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF I’M NOT AWARE THAT I’M ONE OF US? D IT’S A QUESTION OF TRUST G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C E RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON “THESE DAYS C G D AS IF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’VE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN G C UNDERSTAND IT’S NOT GETTING BETTER AND IT’S GROWING OUTSIDE G C A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED D E ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CAN’T COVER OUR EYES C I DON’T UNDERSTAND DON’T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C E BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE C G D THEN OF COURSE IT’S EVERYONE’S FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW G C TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE G C WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES D E WE’RE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT “PLEASE” C I CAN’T UNDERSTAND DON’T TREAD ON ME G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC G GG BC E EE BC D DD BG CC CCC D G C G ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR D C G C G WHERE “FAMILY VALUES” ARE A VALUE MOST CAN’T AFFORD C G RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS C G RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CALLED “HOW CAN WE BE WRONG“ C D RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE C’MON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG C E WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL C D E WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL C G BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME C G WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN C G D WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE E F# G THIS ISN’T ME, THIS ISN’T ME, E F# G C THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME E F# G C THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME E C G THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.