It's A Sorry World by Tim Wilson



You can go to war when you're 18
But you can't buy a beer
You can launch missles from a submarine
But you can't buy a pistol here
You can breathe chemical weapons fumes
But they don't want you to smoke
So if you're shooting up a bar in Baghdad
Don't order a Rum & Coke

You can have sex when you're 17
You just can't have the cigarette
You ain't old enough for a slot machine
Or to lay down a football bet
But they'll take you at the clinic when you're 15
And your folks don't have to know
Or you can take penicilin
Just don't watch people getting naked on video

You can be a governor at 21
Or a president at 35
You can be the senator of South Carolina
If you can just stay alive
They throw ya in with sharks when you're 12 years old
Teach ya to scuba dive
But when you're 94 and can't see any more
They'll still let you drive

Just don't get caught with a beer in your hand if you just turned 18
They don't mind you owning a Setaline Torch and a gallon of gasoline
You just can't buy smokes at the liquor store
Or you'll both go to jail
But they sale you the rope so you can hang yourself
While listening to Nine Inch Nails

It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world

It's a sorry world when you can raise youngens but you can't smoke a marlboro

It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world

It's a sorry world when you're 17 and you can't call a call-girl

yep its a free country as long as you do what everyone decides is best for you