Libby Roderick Follow

Well if you're gonna play with the nuclear toys
You better get ready for a great big noise
Cause it ain't gonna blow when you think it is
No, you'd better be ready for more

Because human beings are not machines
We don't make good decisions on little screens
One bad move'll blow us all to smithereens
So you'd better be ready for more

And if the folks down on the court supreme
Say a certain kind of sex ain't for you and me
Well we'll just keep doing what we damn well please
So they'd better be ready for more

Because human beings are not machines
And making love's a private scene
Any prime time show is more obscene
And a whole lot boring what's more

America, America
God shed her grace on thee
And crown thy good with humanhood
So we can all be free

And if you treat little boys like G.I. Joes
And give 'em He-Man and Hulk heroes
Don't complain about the violence, 'cause heaven knows
You'll be getting a whole lot more

Because human beings are not machines
You take away their feelings, they get kind of mean
And even when they're not playing on their baseball teams
They strike out a whole lot more

And if you treat little girls like Barbie dolls
And sell 'em their dreams in shopping malls
Well sooner or later they'll climb the walls
And start looking for a whole lot more

Because human beings are not machines
And we aren't like the ladies on the silver screens
It takes a whole lot of looks to be a homecoming queen
But living takes a whole lot more

America, America
God shed her grace on thee
And crown thy good with humanhood
So we can all be free

And if the USA continues to back
The whites in South Africa against the black
Well don't be surprised when the people fight back
They'll be doing it a whole lot more

Because human beings are not machines
And we don't take it lightly when you smash our dreams
And you cannot dam the freedom stream
It just spills out a whole lot more

America, America
God shed her grace on thee
And crown thy good with humanhood
So we can all be free

And if you think all you're living for
Is nine to five and life's a bore
You're a whole lot bigger than you think you are
So you'd better be ready for more

Because you and me, we're not machines
We're a whole lotta love, a whole lotta dreams
And more power than we've ever seen
So you'd better be ready for more

I'm ready for a whole lot more
America is ready for...

My country did to me
Sweet land of liberty
To thee I sing
Land where my people died
Land of the Native's pride
With justice as our guide
Let freedom ring