(Browne, McCormick, Goldenberg, Lewak & Young)

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus

In the fabled crucible of the free world
Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus
And entertainment shapes the land

The way the hammer shapes the hand

Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame

The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation
All those not on TV only have themselves to blame
And don't quite seem to understand

The way the hammer shapes the hand

Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads

DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides
Never worry where the gold for all this glory's gonna come from
Get along dogies, it's coming out of your hides


The intentional cultivation of a criminal class
The future lit by brightly burning bridges

Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass
That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges
And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war

And let their weapons shape the plan
The way the hammer shapes the hand