Story Behind The Song

There are millions of people who can't afford to eat.

Song Description

Working poor and people sleeping in their cars who are going hungry

Lyrics

He's down to his last 13 bucks
He's been eating from the garbage and sleeping in his truck
Corporations took the jobs around here away
Gone overseas where they work for a lot less pay
Now we got 3rd world problems
In the heart of the USA

All he ever wanted was to live the American dream
Now he's got first hand knowledge of the meaning of hypocrisy
When did the dream become the nightmare of living in poverty
In the land of the free

She's got three hungry mouths to feed
Her food stamps don't even cover half their needs
She's been selling her blood just to try an make the rent
Before the end of the month all the money's came and went
The sheriff changed the locks
Now they're all living in a tent

All she ever wanted was to live the American dream
All her life she's been a victim of democracy
She wants to wake up from the nightmare of living in poverty
In the land of the free

It don't matter what colour they are
Or their political ideology
Why can't millions of people afford to eat
In the land of the free

All they ever wanted was to live the American dream
But they got tossed out in the trash of society
Will they ever escape the nightmare of living in poverty
In the land of the free"