Hero in America

There dwells a man In a shimmering tower His eyes are gilded His head wreathed in power And when he steps outside He's met with hysteria The people all cry "He's the hero in America" He's crawled his way To where he sits The blood on his hands Is the evidence He's handsome The most eligible bachelor in his area The women all cry "He's the hero in America" And late at night He goes home to his baubles His rhinestoned palace Built up from the cobbles To him the world's troubles Are the works of novels The wretched can't reach him From their holes and their hovels Here he's protected Here he's respected Here it's expected that his needs are not neglected And when the day comes For his deeds to be inspected He'll buy his way in He really doesn't sweat it (Go!) Dawn of a new day Money to be made On his way to work He gives his fans a wave He sees the people dying Of disease and malaria It's no import to him He's the hero in America Stately as ever in his suit and tie He has to make the tough decisions: whom to crucify He hears of fear and famine He's got nothing to compare it tuh It's all below him, he's the hero in America Late at night He goes home to his wife He revels in the marvel that is his life With the raise of a fist he can quell any strife Cuts through any annoyance like a butcher with a knife Here he's revered Here he's honored Here he never lets a day go squandered And as for the filth living down in the squalor? He thinks that their fates are best left un-pondered (Go!) (Tsut, tsu-tsa tuh) (Tsut, tsu tsut) A toddler crawls Between the walls Of bricks on either side His mother's gone His father left His sister OD and died He picks for scraps He befriends the rats His eyes empty and wide You watch him stare Lice in his hair Before you wipe him from your mind (GrrrraaAAAAHHH) (Tsut, tsu-tsa tuh) (Tsut, tsu tsut) (Tsut, tsu-tsa tuh) (Tsut, tsu tsut) (Tsut, tsu-tsu-tsa tuh) (Tsu-tsu-tsu-tsu-tsut) (Tsut, tsu-tsa-a-a-ah tsat tsat tsat) (Tsut, tsu-tsa-a-ah) (Tsut, tsu tsut) (Tsut, tsu-tsa tuh) (Tsat tsat tsat)