We were raised by wolves
And we are still wild
And we howl when the troubled wind blows

And in the TV's blue light
Oh, $$#assins will lie
Every wail just a-goin' down slow


So don't tread on me
For I am your brother

I was born with an American heart
And don't tread on her
For she is your sister

She was born with an American heart

All the people you meet

Down in the streets
May be good but they don't wanna know
So they cover their eyes, for

Who wants to be sad?
Life is sweet at the bottom of the sea


And don't tread on me
For I am your brother
I was born with an American heart

And don't tread on her
For she is your sister
She was born with an American heart


And the mothers will cry,
Fathers stay up all night

With the worry that goes to the bones
And if your God makes war
Then he's no God I know

'Cause Christ would not send boys to die

And don't tread on me

For I am your brother
I was born with an American heart
And don't tread on her

For she is your sister
She was born with an American heart


Don't you get low as hell
When the peace dove is felled
By men with the blackest of minds

And above the din
Let the sighin' begin
As we're bound for the longest of days


So don't tread on me
For I am your brother

I was born with an American heart
And don't tread on her
For she is your sister

She was born with an American heart