Land of Opportunity-The Stockyard Stoics

[ti:Land Of Opportunity] [ar:The Stockyard Stoics] [al:The Stockyard Stoics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Land of Opportunity (机遇之邦) - The Stockyard Stoics [00:00.87]Mikey knocked down 12 years old [00:03.14]Bloody knees and bloody nose [00:05.36]Wipes the mud out of his eye [00:07.48]Says dad is it alright for me to cry [00:09.58]Son don't you wanna be a man [00:11.89]Your fate is like a gun in hand [00:14.31]Land of opportunity [00:16.37]Don't mean your chances come for free [00:18.40] [00:35.06]Tight-wound eighteen lean and mean [00:36.92]Working hard and playing clean [00:38.98]Two ends to burn so much to learn [00:40.93]Or so say the back-bent has-beens [00:42.81]Two years of B's and C's at the JC [00:44.90]Nightshifts at the Burger King [00:46.94]A pretty smile and sweaty hands [00:49.07]And Mike's a swift unwitting family man [00:51.27] [00:55.40]In the land of opportunity [00:56.33]Not a goddamned thing gonna came to you for free [01:00.06]There ain't no house up in the hills [01:02.03]Just credit cards and mounting bills [01:04.18]Six bucks an hour won't get it done [01:06.38]And sixty hours a week isn't any fun [01:08.01] [01:08.74]It's all there for the making [01:10.34]Michael's future is his for the taking [01:12.51]Take the plates off of the Chevrolet [01:14.68]A rubber mask and his old man's 38 [01:16.32] [01:17.29]Two jobs down third time's the charm [01:19.32]An interstate bank with a silent alarm [01:21.21]Cops run him down on the way out of town [01:23.34]Shot thirteen times before he hit the ground [01:25.26]Close his eyes look to the sky [01:27.51]Close his eyes look to the sky [01:31.31]Says father is it alright for me to die [01:33.59] [01:37.29]Your land of opportunity [01:39.30]Won't be the same as the next guy's on the street [01:41.86] [01:45.54]It's a land of opportunity [01:46.98] [01:47.91]But that don't mean you're gonna be the one [01:50.02] [01:50.65]That they're gonna listen to [01:52.01] [01:52.53]Or that they're gonna set you free [01:54.06] [01:55.85]For your country [01:57.73]For your country [01:59.09] [01:59.66]For your country bleed