you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been American

you've been you've been Americanized

open up your eyes you've been Americanized

open up your eyes



a difference

what we're claiming to make

as we strive to be amused

we sit back in all our comforts as

the world wonders where've we been

we're held captive by U and VHF

well we're prisoners of our own device

doing what's right in our own eyes we forsake the truth to cling to a lie



you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been American

you've been you've been Americanized

open up your eyes you've been Americanized

open up your eyes



laziness plagues our people

diseased we sit on our hands

hedonism crept in like a snake

but we failed to recognize it

i say it's a foothold he's got on us

or maybe one we've given to him

well its time to take it back

i said its time time time to take it back



you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been American

you've been you've been Americanized

open up your eyes you've been Americanized

open up your eyes



our homes become our tombs

our beds become cocoons

this is not a song of condemnation

this is a call to arms

the lion lies in wait to devour us

we must be ready

the lion lies in wait to devour us

this is a call to arms



you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been Americanized

you've been you've been American