Lyrics Monster.lrc STEPPENWOLF
[id: wsqedipc]
[ar: Steppenwolf]
[al: The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection]
[ti: Monster]
[length: 09:18]
[00:25.86]Once the religious, the hunted and weary
[00:30.40]Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
[00:34.57]Came to this country to build a new vision
[00:39.10]Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
[00:43.19]Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
[00:46.96]Later some got slaves to gather riches
[00:51.18]But still from near and far to seek America
[00:55.17]They came by thousands to court the wild
[00:59.92]And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
[01:04.23]To be their spirit and guiding light
[01:09.28]And once the ties with the crown had been broken
[01:13.26]Westward in saddle and wagon it went
[01:17.55]And ’til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
[01:21.97]Many the lives which had come to an end
[01:26.21]While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
[01:29.96]We began the slaughter of the red man
[01:33.59]But still from near and far to seek America
[01:37.96]They came by thousands to court the wild
[01:42.25]And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
[01:46.73]To be their spirit and guiding light
[02:08.14]The blue and grey they stomped it
[02:10.41]They kicked it just like a dog
[02:16.78]And when the war over
[02:23.14]They stuffed it just like a hog
[02:42.09]And though the past has it’s share of injustice
[02:46.53]Kind was the spirit in many a way
[02:51.09]But it’s protectors and friends have been sleeping
[02:55.02]Now it’s a monster and will not obey
[03:19.57](Suicide)
[03:20.26]The spirit was freedom and justice
[03:23.57]And it’s keepers seem generous and kind
[03:28.12]It’s leaders were supposed to serve the country
[03:31.85]But now they won’t pay it no mind
[03:36.63]’Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
[03:40.63]And now their vote is a meaningless joke
[03:44.64]They babble about law and order
[03:48.31]But it’s all just an echo of what they’ve been told
[03:53.91]Yeah, there’s a monster on the loose
[03:57.62]It’s got our heads into a noose
[04:00.93]And it just sits there watchin’
[04:10.93]Our cities have turned into jungles
[04:15.40]And corruption is stranglin’ the land
[04:19.39]The police force is watching the people
[04:23.97]And the people just can’t understand
[04:28.66]We don’t know how to mind our own business
[04:32.91]’Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
[04:37.44]Now we are fighting a war over there
[04:41.44]No matter who’s the winner
[04:43.76]We can’t pay the cost
[04:46.80]’Cause there’s a monster on the loose
[04:50.28]It’s got our heads into a noose
[04:53.71]And it just sits there watching
[05:27.40](America)
[06:02.56]America where are you now?
[06:06.14]Don’t you care about your sons and daughters?
[06:11.39]Don’t you know we need you now
[06:15.19]We can’t fight alone against the monster
[06:21.03]Year of Release: 1973