I'm not a racist but,\\
I am\\
I served my time in Vietnam\\
I've got three jobs\\
This is one\\
Sometimes I wish that I'd kept my gun\\
This country's going down the tubes\\
I can't afford to pay my dues\\
Unless you've got some sponsorship\\
For Christ sakes buddy\\
\\
Don't get sick\\
Don't grow old\\
Don't be poor\\
Do what you're told\\
\\
Yeah!\\
Are you from Europe?\\
Well so am I\\
I came here in 1955\\
Half American, half asleep\\
[[Some day a rain will come and wash the streets]]\\
The CIA, the KGB\\
It's all the same conspiracy\\
The whole damn country's on the skids\\
You better tell your kids\\
\\
Don't get sick\\
Don't grow old\\
Don't be poor or underprivelaged\\
Do exactly what you're told\\
\\
Keep the meter running\\
Until we reach our destination\\
The grim reaper isn't coming\\
He's been otherwise detained\\
With Apocalypse practice\\
and his other occupation\\
Behind the wheel of his taxi cab\\
that's driving me insane\\
\\
They took 4,000 headers on a bus ride\\
Left 'em dribbling at the seaside\\
Where the sun would keep them warm\\
Give a guy a uniform\\
They live out on the freeway now\\
they're waiting till your car breaks down\\
Don't take the American dream to bed\\
One of these days you'll wake up dead \\
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If I rememberer correctly this song was written after a terrifying Taxi ride Les and Jim took whilst on tour in the US.\\
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The song title is reference to the lead character in the film Taxi Driver. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/\\