When all you need
Was a little motivation
They pointed fingers and yelled
Dead Generation
When all you need was a little care
All you got was an old white hair blank stare
Have you ever needed an ounce of love
And all you got was a whole lot of fucked

So say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation

Condescending broad generalizations
Get real old real fast, yeah
Just because most hippies and their parents have sold out
Does not mean that you (Yeah, you)
Your children (Your children)
And their kids won't last

So say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation

Say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation

Agressivness is godliness
Combativness is holiness
Destructiveness is faithfullness, yeahh
Deadliness is devoutness

Praying to a god that they created
And know damn well does not exist
We find them on their knees


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Death of a Nation Lyrics as written by Patrick C. Bollinger Christopher Lee Barker

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    love this song!!

    pimpingpastaon March 31, 2007   Link

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