Casino Nation Lyrics - Jackson Browne

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus 

In the fabled crucible of the free world 

Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus 

And entertainment shapes the land 

The way the hammer shapes the hand 

Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame 

The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation 

All those not on TV only have themselves to blame 

And don't quite seem to understand 

The way the hammer shapes the hand 

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Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads 

DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides 

Never worry where the gold for all this glory's gonna come from 

Get along dogies, it's coming out of your hides 

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The intentional cultivation of a criminal class 

The future lit by brightly burnings 

Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass 

That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges 

And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war 

And let their weapons shape the plan 

The way the hammer shapes the hand 

(Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP; Eye Cue Music, ASCAP; Bossypants Music/Songs of Windswept Pacific, BMI; Bateria Music, ASCAP; Glad Brad Music, Inc., ASCAP)