If Superman was really real
We'd be in lots of trouble
Killing folks in other lands
And leaving them in rubble
He wouldn't stand for secret prisons
Or torturing young men
Or all the little girls and boys
We'll never see again
He wouldn't let us starve a nation
Because they might have arms
Or change a nations government
To make it more like ours
He wouldn't let us steal our oil
From those with no defense
Or let us start another war
On some ******** pretense
He'd be disgruntled with the lies
We tell ourselves each day
And how we never really strive
To find another way
He'd wag his finger mighty hard
At how we run our nation
We'd feel bad for a day or two
Absorbing his frustration
But on day three
We would arise
To meet his gaze
With steely eyes
And without fear
We would proclaim
That for him it's simply
Not the same
He doesn't have
To live in fear
Of terrorists
Abroad or here
He needs no gas, no job
No money
In his worldview
It's always sunny
Yes, Superman has
Super powers
And all we have are
Drones and cowards.
Oct 31, 2013
Oct 31, 2013 at 5:55 AM UTC
If Superman was really real
We'd be in lots of trouble
Killing folks in other lands
And leaving them in rubble
He wouldn't stand for secret prisons
Or torturing young men
Or all the little girls and boys
We'll never see again
He wouldn't let us starve a nation
Because they might have arms
Or change a nations government
To make it more like ours
He wouldn't let us steal our oil
From those with no defense
Or let us start another war
On some ******** pretense
He'd be disgruntled with the lies
We tell ourselves each day
And how we never really strive
To find another way
He'd wag his finger mighty hard
At how we run our nation
We'd feel bad for a day or two
Absorbing his frustration
But on day three
We would arise
To meet his gaze
With steely eyes
And without fear
We would proclaim
That for him it's simply
Not the same
He doesn't have
To live in fear
Of terrorists
Abroad or here
He needs no gas, no job
No money
In his worldview
It's always sunny
Yes, Superman has
Super powers
And all we have are
Drones and cowards.
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