I was a child in the sixties
Dreams could be held through TV
With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther
Oh, I believed, I believed, I believed
Now I am a backseat driver from America
I am not at the wheel of control
I am guilty, I am war, I am the root of all evil
Lord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road
It's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
But if we poison our children with hatred
Then the hard life is all they'll ever know
—Nanci Griffith