Calling all rednecks
To put down their sluggers
And turn their attention
From beating the buggers
Pick up machine guns
And kill camel-f*ckers

Backwoods nation

Calling all doctors
Of spin and the smokescreen
To whip the new patriots
Into a frenzy
Of good versus evil
Ignoring the history

Of the backwoods nation

Ain't it a shame?
When due process
Stands in the way
Of swift justice

Calling all frat boys
To trade in their hazing
Their keggers and cocaine
And casual date-raping
For cabinet appointments
And rose garden tapings

Backwoods, backwoods, backwoods nation


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    "We were on tour on September 11. We woke up in Chicago that morning. By September 13 I was really furious. I couldn’t believe the way we were responding to that event as a country. The indignation was so beyond me. The first verse and the bridge came out in four or five minutes. It was very cathartic for me. "- David Bazan

    etcetera_whateveron September 22, 2004   Link

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