10 years after
His guts still churned
He packed his bag and he returned
To people like horses they were well bred
Beauty in the flesh but empty in the head
They talked of money and trains so fast
Manicured smiles for the lower class
From a city on a hill where greed is sacred
They sneered at the world their parents created
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
Black and white like a photograph
All that was good was in the past
The ground was amber waves of green
The future looked so serene
Black and white like a photograph
Black and white like a photograph
The people were cold their edges sharp
Plastic mouths open out came the bark
You're the under class not like the rest
All your life you'll be second best
All your life you'll be second best
All your life you'll be second best
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
A jury of peers or was it fate
That turned all his love into hate
A snarling dog spitting out broken teeth
He fought every inch but the grade was steep
Fought every inch but the grade was steep
Fought every inch but the grade was steep
Backed in a corner they beat him down
A wreath of thorns for his boyhood crown
Not gonna live an eternity of shame
He killed himself and stole my name
A wreath of thorns for his boyhood crown
A wreath of thorns for his boyhood crown
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
All their cocaine and credit cards
Didn't get them very far
All of their money and fancy cars
Didn't drive them far from Manzanar
