Compared to What

Said I love the lie, lie the love
 Hangin' on, with a push and shove
 Possession is the motivation
 Hangin' up the whole damn nation
 Looks like we always end up in a rut
 Tryin' to make it real, but compared to what?
 Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
 Twisted children are killin' frogs
 Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
 Tired old ladies are kissin' dogs
 And I hate that human love that stinkin' mutt
 Try to make it real, but compared to what?
 Said the President, he's got his war
 Folks don't know just what it's for
 No one gives us rhyme or reason
 You have one doubt, they call it treason
 I said we're chicken feathers, all without one gut
 Tryin' to make it real, but compared to what?
 Got to church on Sunday, sleep and nod
 Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
 Preacher's fillin' us with fright
 Telling us what he thinks is right
 But he must be some kind of stupid nut
 He tries to make it real
 Try to make it real, yeah
 Tryin' to make it real, real, real
 Tryin' to make it real, real, real, yeah
 Tryin' to make it real, yeah
 Real, real, real, real
 Tryin' to make it real
 Tryin' to make it real, yeah
 But where's that bee and where's their honey?
 Where's my God and where's my money?
 Unreal values, crass distortion
 Unwed mothers need abortion
 And it kind of brings to mind
 Ol' young King Tut, he tried
 Tried, tried, tried to make it real
 Tryin' to make it real, yeah
 But compared to what?
 Said I love the lie, lie the love
 Hangin' on with a push and shove
 Possession is the motivation
 Hangin' up the whole damn nation
 Looks like we always end up in a rut
 Tryin' to make it real, but compared to what?