Kicking Down Your Door

Make way for the welcoming committee
All smiles and handshakes for now
They are screaming refugees for authenticity
And desperados keep their eyes on the ground
Here comes the weight of suspicion
Accusations growing like weeds
Now the young man in the hand-me-down parkas
Bartering these archaic dreams
Ooh, kicking down your door
Ooh, kicking down your door
These unspeakable languages unravelled
Hand signals boldly thrown from car windows
Neighbors who only want the best for you
'Til the fault lines start to show
His penpal is sending mixed messages now
And an 8 by 10 has smiled from school
He said there are bullies practicing their left hooks
Looking for sore thumbs sticking out of this cesspool
Ooh, kicking down your door
Ooh, kicking down your door
Maybe Guthrie was wrong 'cause it was a rising fog
You thought you’d slip by but they shot down you like a dog
Maybe Guthrie was right and we stand where we stand
There are invisible lines in the sand