Amerika v. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)
 (Steve Earle)

 Look at ya
 Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see
 Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream
 I remember when we was both out on the boulevard
 Talkin' revolution and singin' the blues
 Nowadays it's letters to the editor and cheatin' on our taxes
 Is the best that we can do
 Come on

 Look around
 There's doctors down on Wall Street
 Sharpenin' their scalpels and tryin' to cut a deal
 Meanwhile, back at the hospital
 We got accountants playin' God and countin' out the pills
 Yeah, I know, that sucks – that your HMO
 Ain't doin' what you thought it would do
 But everybody's gotta die sometime and we can't save everybody
 It's the best that we can do

 Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
 Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
 Yeah, well maybe that wasn't exactly what they was thinkin'
 Version six-point-oh of the American way
 But hey we can just build a great wall around the country club
 To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
 Yeah, I realize that ain't exactly democratic, but it's either them or us and
 And it's the best we can do

 Yeah, passionely conservative
 It's the best we can do

 Conservatively passionate
 It's the best we can do

 Meanwhile, still thinkin'
 Hey, let's wage a war on drugs
 It's the best we can do
 Well, I don't know you up
 I'm kinda...