AMERICAN BABYLON

A kid stole my car the other day
Broke in and drove it away
Took it for a joy ride and when he was done
Held up a liquor store with a great big gun
He said "I didn't do nothing wrong
It's just the way we live around here"
In American Babylon puttin' my protection on
Got everything I need - drugs, money, sex and greed
In American Babylon puttin' my blindfold on
In American Babylon
Well she ran out of money - she ran out of hope
She left the kids at home - went out to score some dope
The cops caught her selling it down on Broadway
The county came in and took the kids away
She said "they're better off without me"
In American Babylon puttin' my protection on
Got everything I need - drugs, money, sex and greed
In american babylon puttin' my blindfold on
I can't tell right from wrong
In American Babylon
Who cares about the kids? (I don't)
Or what goes in their heads? (I don't)
Or if the poor are fed? (I don't)
Or if your neighbor's dead? (I don't)
I said do you really care? (I don't)
I said do you really care? (I don't)
I said do you really care? (I don't)
American Babylon puttin' my protection on
I got everything I need — drugs, money, sex and greed
In American Babylon I put my blindfold on
And I can't tell right from wrong
In American Babylon

By Joe Grushecky. Played half a dozen times, from 1995 (one of them is on 22 Jul 1995), always with Joe Grushecky.