I'm looking outside of my window The view that I see is a child and mama And the child is begging for money Tell me why, tell me why The woman is blind Is she so broke the kid's dealing crime It's such a beautiful city But the world is burning it down It's such a beautiful city But the world is burning it down I go to my room to turn on the TV I sit myself down and I start laughing hard 'Cause this man he's asking for money He says if you send me lots of cash I'll send you stuff to make you rich fast It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down And it's burning down And it's called the US of A One day I'm going to have lots of money But I'll have to give up for this rich society Oh please Mr. President will you lend me a future 'Cause you'll just get it back From the little blind woman with the kid on the corner And the people all over, doin' crack It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Sing it And it's burning down And it's called the US of A I'm walking outside on a sunny day With no one around and I wonder what's wrong The I hear this loud piercing siren Oh my God the bomb has just dropped And everybody climbed right on top Screaming, what a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down, he's burning it down It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down, he's burning it down And it's burning down And it's called the US of A