This song was inspired in nineteen eighty-five simply by a Headline news report of a homeless person named Mitch Snyder. He later died, but I know he had to fend off a call-in listener that took him to task for wearing army fatigues, because he himself hadn't served in military. Hasty statement at the time? Nothing wrong with showing, one's support for U.S. Military?

I stand for the land of the free, but not one for Capital greed. The Forefather's fought for & meant what they said
but the evil's they fled from, are happening again.

Do you know the difference between freedom & ignorance?

So many with no place to sleep, & children with nothing to eat?
Solutions? Conclusions, opinions don't meet.
And meanwhile these people are trapped on the street.

Do they know the difference between freedom & ignorance? No?

Big business pays, while we sell ourselves a new day...

Do you know the difference between freedom & ignorance?

Ironic, heh?