What a perfect song, with a perfect title! Has there ever been a better movie song than this one? Hat off to Bowie and Metheny (and Lyle Mays)!
My theory on Feds is that they're like mushrooms: feed them *beep* keep them in the dark.
I'm waiting for the bluray to come out in another week or so before I re-watch it, but isn't the title of the song taken from dialogue that a character says to one of the boys?
shareYes, it is said by one of the Mexican policemen to Daulton Lee as he is being arrested.
Haven't seen the film in a while but, as I recall, as Lee is being stuffed into the police car, he desperately protests, "I'm an American!".
The police officer then responds with the line to which you refer.