The Great Divide

I hope you're only joking
 I can't believe it's true
 Can't take away my freedom
 I know it's nothing new
 It doesn't touch your conscience
 To jumble up my mind
 A two-way stretch, it's not perfect
 No matter what you find
 The feeling is relentless
 There's nothing you can prove
 I'm meeting with the roughnecks
 Forget about the smooth
 When everything's permitted
 Authority to kill
 A sudden way to cultivate
 Destruction over will
 Could've been a contender
 Though the chances were slender
 You gave me the gun
 The man has no time
 When sweet things go sour
 Keep your colonels in power
 Now that's what I call the great divide!
 I'm looking for a reason
 I'll help you let me go
 Don't bite the hand that feeds them
 If you've nothing more to show
 With every step that's taken
 You're nearer to the end
 A void that's smart and full of heart
 A nation to defend
 It seems to get me going
 But maybe I'm a fool
 I've hurt you without knowing
 Stop it's showing as a rule
 Accept your points are valid
 Run away from one to ten
 Ignore it or try not to force
 Step forward once again
 Could've been a contender
 Though the chances were slender
 You gave me the gun
 The man has no time
 When sweet things go sour
 Keep your colonels in power
 Now that's what I call the great divide!
 I hope you're only joking
 I can't believe it's true
 Can't take away my freedom
 I know it's nothing new
 It doesn't touch your conscience
 To jumble up my mind
 A two-way stretch, it's not perfect
 No matter what you find
 The feeling is relentless
 There's nothing you can prove
 I'm meeting with the roughnecks
 Forget about the smooth
 When everything's permitted
 Authority to kill
 A sudden way to cultivate
 Destruction over will
 Could've been a contender
 Though the chances were slender
 You gave me the gun
 The man has no time
 When sweet things go sour
 Keep your colonels in power
 Now that's what I call the great divide!