Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less


Chapter 58

ANTHEM
Is Drought Just Another Nail
in the Family Farmer Coffin?

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                We were bold in our innocence, brave wild and free
                We had our own rhyme and reason of how things were to be
                We wanted our freedom and shot way past the moon
                Now we still sing our anthem but our heart's out of tune

                      We rode Ezekiel’s wheel---Elijah’s chariot through the fire
                      From sea to shining sea we filled up our heart's desire
                      We plowed fields of plenty under freedom’s great rainbow
                      Oh, why did you leave me, where did you ever go?

                America, America, our greed lies exposed
                Inner cities are wasteland, the heartland is foreclosed
                Is the great harvest ending?--These cruel winds of change blow
                Oh America, America, we'll reap what we sow

                      We rode Ezekiel’s wheel---Elijah’s chariot through the fire
                      From sea to shining sea we filled up our heart’s desire
                      We plowed fields of plenty under freedom’s great rainbow
                      Oh why did you leave me, where did you ever go?

                Is the great harvest ending?--These cruel winds of change blow
                America, why did you leave me, where did you ever go? *

* Inspired by Frank Johnson, family farmer; Walker County, Alabama.





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