Dear Mr. President

I'm looking outside of my window

The view that I see

Is a child and mama

And the child is begging for money

Tell me why, tell me why the woman is blind

Is she so broke the kid's dealing crime?

It's such a beautiful city

But the world is burning it down

Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya

Ya ya, ya ya ya

It's such a beautiful city

But the world is burning it down

I go to my room to turn on the TV

I sit myself down

And I start laughing hard

'cause this man, he's asking for money

He says, "If you send me lots of cash

"I'll send you stuff to make you rich fast"

It's such a wonderful country

But the man, he's burning it down[Chorus]

Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya

Ya ya, ya ya ya

It's such a wonderful country

But the man, he's burning it down

Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya

Ya ya, ya ya ya

And it's burning down

And it's called the US of A

One day I'm gonna have lots of money

But I'm gonna have to give it up for this rich society, oh-whoa

Oh please, Mr. President

Won't you lend me a future?

'cause you'll just get it back

From the little blind woman with the kid on the corner

And the people all over, doin' crack

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah

It's such a wonderful country

But the man he's burning it down

Sing it

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah

And it's burning down

And it's called the US of A

Ooooo

Mm-mm-mm-mmm-mm[Verse 3]

I'm walking outside on a sunny day

With no one around

And I wonder what's wrong

Then I hear this loud piercing siren

Oh my god, the bomb has just dropped

And everybody climbed right on top

Screaming "What a wonderful country

"But the man, he's burning it down

"He's burning it down"

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah

It's such a wonderful country

But the man, he's burning it down

He's burning it down

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah

And it's burning down

And it's called the US of A

(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

(Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah)