The world gets smaller every day
Like an apple in your hand
Hey, do you really feel that you can run away?
Have you noticed that there's hardly room to stand?
Don't you feel that mom's good old apple pie
Gets harder to swallow every day
Don't you feel the grand old eagle stands for do or die?
Or did he lay an egg and fly away?
Oh say by the dawn's early light
Can't you see you're shafted from the cradle to the grave?
This may no longer be the land of the free
Thank God it's still the home of the brave
Laah, la
Laah, la, la, la
Laah, la, la, la, la
Laah, la, la
Laah, la
Laah, la, la, la
Don't you feel when they tell you war's a game
You're dead before you start to play
Don't you feel you're just a number, not a name?
And I hear your number's coming up today
Don't you feel what Chicken Little said is coming true?
Can't you see the writing on the wall?
Don't you feel the floor and ceiling closing in on you?
Or don't you feel at all?
Oh say by the dawn's early light
Can't you see you're shafted from the cradle to the grave?
This may no longer be the land of the free
Thank God it's still the home of the brave
Laah, la
Laah, la, la, la
Laah, la, la, la, la
Laah, la, la
Laah, la
Laah, la, la, la
Getting Straight - Main Title was written by Marty Kaniger & Ronald Stein.
Getting Straight - Main Title was produced by David Gates.