[ascrodin]

our american gov't always thinks it has to be #1 at everything and that we have to be the dominant force in the world. canadian rock band barenaked ladies think its ok for their country to be 2nd best, i think that america should also think about not trying to be #1 all the time. maybe then we wouldn't be invading every country we don't like.
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Barenaked Ladies-"Second Best"
from the album "everything to everyone"(2003)


Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die
Before we say goodbye, let's attack

I admit it's bleak
But I give it a week
Until our friends the meek give it back

Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess
Join the chorus of the second best

Second best [several times]

What's left of you that's real
A mutated ideal
With limited appeal, I suggest

If hitting is an art
Then it's drawn us apart
When you erased your heart and beat your chest

Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess
You're an angel in a see-through dress
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess

Second best [Several times]

Perhaps it's just as well
That I still look like hell
At least the world can tell us apart

Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess
Come join the chorus of the unimpressed
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best

Second best [several times]


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