Democracy Lyrics - Cohen Leonard

It's coming through a hole in the air 

>From those nights in Tiananmen Square 

It's coming from the feel 

That it ain't exactly real 

Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there 

>From the wars against disorder 

>From the sirens night and day 

>From the fires of the homeless 

>From the ashes of the gay 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. 

It's coming through a crack in the wall 

On a visionary flood of alcohol 

>From the staggering account 

Of the Sermon on the Mount 

Which I don't pretend to understand at all 

It's coming from the silence 

On the dock of the bay 

>From the brave, the bold, the battered 

Heart of Chevrolet 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. 

It's coming from the sorrow on the street 

The holy places where the races meet 

>From the homicidal bitchin' 

That goes down in every kitchen 

To determine who will serve and who will eat 

>From the wells of disappointment 

Where the women kneel to pray 

For the grace of God in the desert here 

And the desert far away 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. 

CHORUS 

Sail on, sail on 

O mighty Ship of State! 

To the Shores of Need 

Past the Reefs of Greed 

Through the Squalls of Hate 

Sail on, sail on, sail on... 

It's coming to America first 

The cradle of the best and of the worst 

It's here they got the range 

And the machinery for change 

And it's here they got the spiritual thirst 

It's here the family's broken 

And it's here the lonely say 

That the heart has got to open 

In a fundamental way 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. 

It's coming from the women and the men 

O baby, we'll be making love again 

We'll be going down so deep 

That the river's going to weep 

And the mountain's going to shout amen! 

It's coming like the tidal flood 

Beneath the lunar sway 

Imperial, mysterious 

In amorous array 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. 

CHORUS 

I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean 

I love the country but I can't stand the scene 

And I'm neither left or right 

I'm just staying home tonight 

Getting lost in that hopeless little screen 

But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags 

That time cannot decay 

I'm junk but I'm still holding up 

This little wild bouquet 

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.