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I never thought abouit the universe, it made me feel small
I never thought about the problems of this planet at all
Global warming and radioactive sites
The imperialistic wrongs and animal rights, NO!
Why think all the bad things when life is so good
Why help with an "am" when there's always a "could"
Let the whales worry 'bout the poisons in the sea outside of California, it's foreign policy
No I don't want changes I've no reactions your dilemmas are my distractions
That's no way to go Franco Un-American, that's no way to go Franco Un-American
I never looked around never second guessed, then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy, all because I read a little Noam Chomsky
I'm eating vegetation 'cause a Fast Food Nation, I wear uncomfortable shoes 'cause of globalization
I'm watching Michael Moore expose the awful truth, I'm listening to Public Enemy and Reagan Youth
I see no world peace 'cause of zealous armed forces, I eat no breath mints 'cause they're from de-hoofed horses
Now I can't believe what an absolute failure, the president's laughing 'cause we voted for Nader
That's no way to go Franco Un-American, where can we go Franco Un-American
I want to move north and be a Canadian, or hang down low with the nice Australians
I don't want to be another I don't care-ican, what are we gonna do Franco Franco
I never thought about the problems of this planet at all
Global warming and radioactive sites
The imperialistic wrongs and animal rights, NO!
Why think all the bad things when life is so good
Why help with an "am" when there's always a "could"
Let the whales worry 'bout the poisons in the sea outside of California, it's foreign policy
No I don't want changes I've no reactions your dilemmas are my distractions
That's no way to go Franco Un-American, that's no way to go Franco Un-American
I never looked around never second guessed, then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy, all because I read a little Noam Chomsky
I'm eating vegetation 'cause a Fast Food Nation, I wear uncomfortable shoes 'cause of globalization
I'm watching Michael Moore expose the awful truth, I'm listening to Public Enemy and Reagan Youth
I see no world peace 'cause of zealous armed forces, I eat no breath mints 'cause they're from de-hoofed horses
Now I can't believe what an absolute failure, the president's laughing 'cause we voted for Nader
That's no way to go Franco Un-American, where can we go Franco Un-American
I want to move north and be a Canadian, or hang down low with the nice Australians
I don't want to be another I don't care-ican, what are we gonna do Franco Franco
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Franco un-american in our opinion is an interesting song. It talks about a teenager that doesn’t care about the world, he only wanted to have fun, was lazy, ignorant, dull, small-minded, didn’t want to change and many more things. One day he decided to read some Howard Zinn, which influenced him to change. Since that day he started to worry about the world, he was more aware, informed, critical, firm, active, committed. He even became a vegetarian. In the end of the song he refers to “I-don’t-care-ican”, this means he doesn’t want to be an American that doesn’t care about the world. In our judgment we think that the song reports the attitudes of teenagers nowadays, because they don’t care about the world, and do things that harm the environment without realizing it, such as polluting the environment. We can conclude our review by saying that we liked it:).
Stephanie Espadilha and Stephanie Silvestre from Coimbra, Portugal.
Interesting interpretation and good song. I have one comment (well, apparently more than one:)...teenagers today are the ones who are MORE environmentally conscious. They have been raised in the public schools where conservation (recycling; reusing; not wasting; animal welfare; etc) has been pushed, and pushed hard. Decades ago we didn't care less about plastics; landfills; the needs of the environment; etc. It is the young people have been around who have scolded others for waste and envirnomental harm.