Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 20 BIG MACK DONALD Selling Out the Family Farm [ co-written by Daniel Muhammad ] click here if song fails to play in 6 seconds            Not long ago in America a nation's heartbeat throbbed            United, not divided, families only needed one job            Most could afford a baseball game, hot dog and a beer            Vacation every summer and a few new clothes each year                    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint                    We’ve drowned in fat ever since ‘till there really ain’t no point                    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more                    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor            Yeah, life in the twenty-first century, it ain't quite how it used to be            Everything we eat is microwaved an' there’s color on tv            Newspapers are delivered right through the telephone line            We can charge stuff on the internet---go broke in realtime                    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint                    We’ve drowned in fat ever since ‘till there really ain’t no point                    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more                    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor            Politicians an' preachers once sometimes told the truth            We didn't throw war's first stone an' sacrifice our finest youth            With no video games or cell phones, a house felt like a home            Children fought an' played together instead of on a computer alone                    Big Mack Donald had a farm, then he opened a burger joint                    We’ve drowned in fat ever since, there really ain’t no point                    Tempted beyond measure, we keep comin’ back for more                    Now the justice scale lies broken all over the global floor            Satchel Paige said don't look back, somethin' might be gainin' on you            But it's hard to believe in tomorrow when the blind sheep of the blind            Are leadin' you. . .  Oh, they're leadin' you Click Here to Go Back to Contents Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Richard Aberdeen. Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Freedom Tracks Records. ( including from several earlier copyrights ) No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author. For inquiries, please contact Freedom Tracks Records.  The essays entitled Revolution and Revolution ~ Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced and distributed as desired.