[Intro]
     

[Verse 1]
              
Don't wanna be

              
 an American i

           
diot
              
Don't want a n

              
ation that und

              
er the new med

         
ia
              
And can you he

              
ar the sound o

                 
f hysteria
              
The subliminal

              
 mindfuck Amer

          
ica

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Everything isn

              
't meant to be

 
 okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

     
     

[Verse 2]
              
Well maybe I'm

              
 the faggot Am

            
erica
              
I'm not a part

              
 of a redneck 

             
agenda
              
Now everybody 

              
do the propaga

          
nda
              
And sing along

              
 in the age of

                
 paranoia

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Everything isn

              
't meant to be


 okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

     
     
     

[Bridge]
      
      

[Verse 3]
            
Don't wanna be

           
 an American i

  
diot
            
One nation con

           
trolled by the

  
 media
            
Information na

           
tion of hyster

  
ia

It's going out to idiot America

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Everything isn

              
't meant to be


 okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

[Outro]