Stormy seas closing in American society will never be the same again Do you remember what it means to be free? Do you remember when theft was the only threat to private property? Now the cops are stormtroopers on parade SWAT team nazi repo men, machine guns and grenades Martial law is coming in time Seizure of your home, they need not charge you with a crime How can Americans feel safe When police authority runs virtually unchecked? And how can a human being ignore Legislation that signals the cops declaring war On the private citizen There's a bill being discussed right now that would let the army in To the interior of our country, and you know where we'd be then? Our every move observed by uniformed militia men Machine guns on every corner And an unbridled state of martial law It's a little too late to write your congressman Justice for and by the people is long gone And you can smile dumbly about the rights that you still have But you're living in a dream With your TV, watching Jenny Jones, and your fridge filled up with beer And you'll never even hear your neighbor's scream Until it's you Until it's you