While you were looking at me
The world passed you by
You held your prejudice sacred
And left your dreams behind

While you were looking at me
The homeless stayed in the streets
You learned to drink poisoned water
But never learned how to read

Well it's easy to put the blame on someone else
But it's hard to see yourself
Did you ever take a good look at yourself?

While you were looking at me
Airport security died
And the smugglers and the terrorists
Just walked right by

'Cause they don't dress like me
They dress like you
They wear suits and ties
Like all you hypocrites do

Well it's easy to point your finger at someone else
But it's hard to see yourself
Ain't it hard to take a good look at yourself?

While you were looking at me
Businessmen bled you dry
You lost control of your government
It's getting scary outside!

While you were looking at me
Your children took the fall
Trying to be Mommy and Daddy
With dope and alcohol

You censor people like me
But it won't do you no good
The truth's gonna get through
No matter what you do

While you were looking at me...

Dead, Jail or Rock'n'Roll
Steven Van Zandt/Michael Monroe/Nasty Suicide

When I was a kid all I wanted to be
Was the meanest dude on the meanest machine
Now I'm going the wrong way on a one-way street
I never fit this society

I don't really mind
Doing my own time
The three choices I ever came to find were

Dead, jail or rock'n'roll

I ain't looking for trouble but it's looking for me
The law of the jungle is protecting me
Lose sleep man stay out of your bed
You might wind up in jail if you lose your head

In death I might find
True peace of mind
But while I'm alive
Free choice is mine
It's either

Dead, jail or rock'n'roll

I don't really mind
Doing my own time
The three choices I ever came to find were always

Dead, jail or rock'n'roll

Smoke Screen
Steven Van Zandt/Michael Monroe/Nasty Suicide

Look around get a real scare
I see a mess beyond repair
The world is fine if you don't mind
A touch of hell from time to time

Or a few darkened minds higher up
Keeping their crimes covered up
But if you don't care
To see what's there
You ain't got a prayer
In their

Smoke screen
Hiding the enemy's scheme
Smoke screen
Clouding our hopes and our dreams

So many good people all used up now
They don't count 'cause they left me out
They say I'm wrong to walk alone
They just don't dare to stand on their own

Oh I know, it always hurts when it's real
Putting a stick in the wheel
But I don't mind
If I'm one of a kind
I know what I'll find
In their

Smoke screen
Hiding the enemy's scheme
Smoke screen
Clouding our hopes and our dreams
Smoke screen
The truth ain't as bad as it seems
But the last scene is sure to be making you scream

We gotta fight to survive
If we surrender we die
So don't try
Living a lie
Just come out alive
From the

Smoke screen
Hiding the enemy's scheme
Smoke screen
Clouding our hopes and our dreams
Smoke screen
The truth ain't as bad as it seems
But the last scene
Is sure to be making you scream