"God Bless The U.S.A."

THE LADY CRIES

As I sit here at this keyboard, I'm hurting bad tonight,

We live in a land of freedom, yet something does not seem right.

We are proud to say that we are free to make our own choices,

Tonight so many people are speaking out with such hateful voices.

There are country music singers putting our country down,

Actors using their fame to spread their hate for our president around.

We have people all over the country crying out tonight,

Do they not know how many died, to give them this right?

I see the Statue of Liberty with tears in her soft eyes,

It is a sad day for her for today the Lady cries.

I'm proud to be an American, land of the free,

I know a solider died somewhere to give this right to me.

©copyright ~ Johnnie Oakes ~

3/21/03