"Once They Banned Imagine" lyrics - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

We had our heart strings dangling ripe for the yanking and lot of reasons grabby was good
Poor huddled masses singing boots up their asses giving grabby what he needed to pull
All the way back to where ghosts from the past were still fighting their wars from the grave
Complete with record burning and threatening and spurning the crime of getting blood on the page

Since the big one ended we'd been mostly pretending we'd have had the same gumption and grit
As the greatest among us when harm came upon us, we wouldn't hesitate to defend
But with or against something's been out to get us and it looked like something finally did
No nobler 'cause in our lifetime for setting our sails to the wind

But once they banned "Imagine" it became the same old war it's always been
Once they banned "Imagine" it became the war it was when we were kids
But once they banned "Imagine" it became the same old war it's always been
Once they banned "Imagine" it became the war it was when we were kids

Are you now or have you ever been in cahoots with the notion that people can change
When history happens again if you do or you did you'll be blamed
From baseless inquiry to no knocking entry becoming the law of the land
To half-cocked excuses for bullet abuse regarding anything browner than tan

'Cause once they banned "Imagine" it became the same old war it's always been
Once they banned "Imagine" it became the war it was when we were kids
Once they banned "Imagine" it became the same old war it's always been
Once they banned "Imagine" it became the war it was when we were kids