In a land you once knew
Where Greenish things grew
And Creatures flew free
On an unsullied sea
A land we all cherished
Til’ everything Perished
And all that delighted
Was swiftly ignited
And if you look back
Cause look back you should
It began with a promise
Sounding decent and good
“We’ll make Our Land great again!”
Shouted the Boss
“The land of the free and the brave
That we’ve Lost!”
“It’s inefficient, just ‘sad'”
‘A total disaster’
It’s our job to make it run
Smoother and faster!”
“We’ll give you back jobs
Like Great Cars and Great Coal
We’ll make you feel Great again
Give back your SOUL!”
“We’ll keep Foreigners out!
Cause they’re nothin’ but trouble
Out with those “bad dudes!”
OUT, OUT – on the double!”
And it started to happen
Before YOU could yell STOP!
The progress of hundreds of years
Went KERPLOP
And Business kept growing
Just like the Chief pledged
And all of the muck
From the pipelines were dredged
Into the Cities, The Streets
And the Water
Into the Food that you
Fed your Daughter
That Boss, that Boss –
Yelled out to his fans
“It’s Okay! Have no Fear!
We have lots of BIG plans!”
The Pipeline you see
Was just the beginning
The leader declared
And just kept on grinning…
“I’ll act on my promises
Built up that Great WALL
‘Good Fences make Good neighbors’
After all….”
And the World was not ready
For what He had in store
This Leader relentless
In asking for MORE!
More Gas Guzzling cars
Made with HIS Specialty oil
Drilled deep within
HIS country’s sweet soil
“More Bans on the Foreigners
Let’s Wipe this Land clean!
It’s been done before
And OUR Land’s a machine!”
“Clean up the People
And Dirty the Land
Make this Place Great Again
Make Her just Grand!”
“Make her Unbelievably
Incredibly GREAT!
And we must do it NOW
Cause it’s getting LATE!”
Then his voice got real low
And his face got real RED
A message he offered
That Leader, he said:
“My Dearest Followers
Don’t believe what you hear
Only I know the truth
Let me make that real clear!”
“Everything out there’s just phony
And FAKE,”
Said that Leader
Who suddenly looked like a SNAKE
And all became SILENT
For fear they’d be FIRED
All became anxious
Wide-eyed and tired
They stepped in LINE
To the left and the right
The light left their eyes
And so did the fight
And as they succumbed
To the Leader’s great POWER
He built up his empire
Tower after TOWER
And Greenish things wilted
Creatures all died
Foreigners left
As He filled up with pride!
Counting his money
From all his investments
“I’ve been totally RIGHT
In all my assessments!”
In his White House
He smiled his White smile
Not a Color in sight
For one million miles
It all faded away
The Land became gray
Beauty and Splendor
Just melted away
And all they beheld
Was tweet after tweet
As smoldering temperatures
Climbed up in the heat
And then…
HE did something reckless
The final offense
He just HAD to do it
“Cause it only made sense.”
“I’m the Great Leader
The one that knows best!”
He said it with zeal
He said it with zest!
And in went the CODES:
Those fateful numbers
That flattened the Great Land
Into an eternal slumber
And…
Now YOU sit out
On a planet in SPACE
Surveying the wreckage of
The human RACE
YOU were the lucky one
Escaped just in time
Before the buttons were pushed
At a quartered to nine…
And now you ask: WHY?
HOW, WHERE and WHAT?
Could this have been halted
And brought to a STOP?
The Answer, my friend
Lies Only in YOU
Did you speak up, my friend or just
Line up in a CUE?
To the Left, to the Right
All ended up on the GROUND
Cause that’s what happens
When you don’t make a SOUND
You see…
One thing’s for sure
One thing’s just TRUE
Staying Silent is Deadly
So it’s all up to YOU!
And the Boy out in Space
Looked down and just sighed
I wish I’d have known
At least I’d have tried.
Do all that you can
To reverse this sad FATE
For it’s been said in the end
That it’s LOVE
That trumps HATE