Life once meant something You could later show your kids So they could be proud of you And all the good you did, So they could grow and learn And pass along the same way When it came their turn to teach Their children some fine day.
We learned to play with others In back yards with few fences And we laughed with immigrants Like Borge and Señor Wences. We stayed outside and played With the kids of our neighbors. Mom stayed home, Dad worked And we profited from his labors.
We still had pride of who we were And what we did during the war. We knew what peace and freedom And the Constitution were for. Our country was the role model For democracy doing it’s job And we never thought our country Would stoop at a chance to rob.
We were told if we worked hard We could expect to do very well. Never once was it hinted to us That we would drop into a living hell. We trusted that our leaders would Continue to have our collective back. But that was before those elected went So egregiously far off the track.
It’s hard to remember this now, Back then a forty hour situation Was all it took to make our way In our proud and righteous nation. Now both parents must work at Maybe two jobs each every day In order for the family to succeed Not like our parents used to say.