I Remember Lyrics - Millions Of Dead Cops - Mdc

I remember when I first went to school 

They said, Don't be a joker, don't be a fool 

Pledge your allegiance to the red, white and blue 

Don't expect your country to do nothin' for you 

They said your forefathers loved you 

but I only had one 

And I watched him die in the heat of the sun 

Suckin' up the bullets of a policeman's gun 

There was nothin' I could do but stay away 

In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances 

If you plan on stayin' free 

They call this the land of the living 

But they're trying to make a dead man out of me 

I remember when I first hit the road 

I was runnin' from the lenders of the money I owed 

Came to Austin, heard a knock at my door 

Crossed another border and I'm runnin' some more 

They say they're gonna get me but it ain't happened yet 

Burnin' my fingers on my last cigarette 

It's time to remember time to forget 

Nothin' I could do but get away 

I remember all the stories I heard 

How a man's supposed to be 'bout as free as a bird 

My brother's in prison, my father's dead 

Me, I'm tired of living with a price on my head 

I wonder if there's a place to be 

In the whole wide country for a fella like me 

Name's in the paper, face on T.V. 

Nothin'I can do but get away