Back Lyrics - Singles - Fifteen

So the rent increase has got you down, and you can't afford to live in your own home town 

Well I bet everybody's feeling the same way 

Say you're feeling disconnected from the ground, private properties got you down 

Private properties got you shut out of your own world 

I was born here and I'm not going anywhere 

I was grown here and I'm not going anywhere 

This is my town, this is my ground, going to take it all back now 

And give it away to everybody 

Say your boss man had got you down, say her treats you like some kind of clown 

Say he treats you like he owns your soul 

Say the tax man has got you down, says he takes your money, leaves you sitting around 

Spends your money on bombs to promote peace and democracy 

I was born here . . . 

This land is their land, this land ain't our land 

It's based on greed and god and stealing people's land 

It's intimidation conquest and mutilation 

This land was stolen from you and me 

This land is their land this land ain't our land 

It was under the guardianship of the native american 

Who knew we belonged to the earth the EARTH DID 

NOT BELONG TO THEM 

We are merely guardians 

The other night dear as I lay sleeping 

I dreamt you held me in your arms 

But when I broke you were being tortured 

With concrete and cars and bombs