THE BROADWAYS LYRICS

"2nd Grade Cells"

Tears are not enough to change a system
Do we want an equal race for education?
Shop, buy, consume, this is what we teach our children to look up to
Economic security doesn't seem to be the meaning of education to me
We need to teach about diversity, compassion and love
About the effects of technology
To be aware that we destroy while we consume
To question all authority
No money for public education
But ample funds to keep people in prison
Jails can now be run by major corporations
Prisons offer more and cheaper labor
Found courage in the center of a bomb, green back dollars
We can blow up anything we want
Since when is national defense more important than teaching children?
I'm afraid its always been, state of the union
Catch phrase builds public opinion in the closed eyes of a nation
Work around the problem, sweep it under carpets
Lock it up in prisons till it's forgotten
We're approaching the millennium
Education is more important than bombs
More police on the streets isn't solving problems
Who are we going to turn to
To teach our children to question this machine,
education, the dead American dream
In Indiana the number of cells built is determined by
the socio-economic status of a class of second graders
The cells all must be filled
With every prison that we build we lose four or five more schools
Tears are not enough

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