Freedom

HOW FREEDOM DWINDLES, THE FREEDOM WE HAD,
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE, WHY AREN'T THEY MAD?
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHO ONCE STOOD SO TALL,
HOW CAN'T WE REALIZE, WE'VE TAKEN A FALL?
FROM RUNNING A BUSINESS, TO DRIVING A CAR,
SO MANY NEW TAXES... WE HAVEN'T GONE FAR.
IT'S TIME FOR A PARTY, THE TEA TAX IS HIGH,
WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON LAY IN STATE AS THEY CRY,
KING GEORGE IS LAUGHING, TO HIM ALL IS SWELL...
IN OUR NEW LEADERS, HIS SPIRIT LIVES WELL!

MORE PEOPLE IN PRISON, NO-WHERE ELSE ON THIS EARTH,
SOME PEOPLE RUNNING, SINCE CHILD BIRTH!
SLAVERY LIVES ON IN MANY PLACES...
LINCOLN HAS SEEN, THE POOR WITH SAD FACES,
HIS HEART GETS RE-BROKEN, AS EACH FATHER TRIES,
MY HEART BREAKING ALSO, AS EACH MOTHER CRIES.

WE'RE TOLD TIMES HAVE CHANGED, AND TAXES WE NEED,
POLITICIANS GROW RICHER, OUR FARMS GO TO SEED.
FROM WASHINGTON TO NOW, HOW PEOPLE FORGOT...
WITHOUT PROPER CARE, OUR FREEDOM MAY ROT.
IT'S NOT ALL SO HOPELESS, NOR TOTALLY SAD,
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE, THEY CAN STILL GET MAD!

Created: October 29, 1999r.
Last Updated: November 7, 1999r.