The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

 

I had a dream the other night that I didn’t understand

A stranger walked in through the mist with a rifle in his hand

His clothes were torn and dirty as he stoop beside my bed

He took off a three cornered hat and speaking low to me he said,

We fought a revolution to secure your liberties,

We wrote the constitution as a shield from tyranny.

For future generations, this legacy we gave

To make it the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The freedoms we secured for you, we thought you’d always keep

But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.

Your freedom’s gone, your courage lost, you’re no more than a slave

In the land of the free and the home of the brave.

You buy permits to travel, permits to own a gun

Permits to start a business, or build a place for one

On land you think you own, you pay your yearly rent

Although you have no voice in saying how that money’s spent

Your children may attend a school that doesn’t educate

And your Christian values can not be taught according to the state.

You read about a current news and regulated press

And you pay more taxes than you owe to that thing called IRS.

Your money’s no longer made of silver nor of gold

You trade your wealth for paper so your life can be controlled.

You pay for crimes that make our nation turn from God in shame

You’ve taken Satan’s number, you’ve traded in your name.

You give government control to those who do you harm

So that can burn down churches and seize the family farm.

And keep our nation deep in debt and put men of God in jail

And harass your fellow countrymen while corrupt courts prevail.

Your public leaders don’t uphold the solemn oath they’ve sworn

And now your daughters visit doctors so their children won’t be born.

Your leaders send guns and artillery to foreign shores

And see your youth to slaughter fighting other peoples wars.

Can you regain the freedoms for which we fought and died

Or have you lost your courage and your faith to stand with pride?

And are there no more values for which you’d fight to save

Or do you wish your children to live in fear and be a slave?

O citizens of this republic arise and take a stand

Defend the constitution, the supreme law of our land.

Protect this great republic and each God given right

And pray to God to keep the torch of freedom burning bright.

As I awoke he vanished in the mist of which he came

But his words were true, we are not free, we have ourselves to blame

For even now as tyrants trample each God given right

We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

But if he stood at your bedside in a dream while you were asleep

And wondered what remained of the freedoms he fought to keep

What would be your answer if he called out from the grave?

Is this still the land of the free and home of the brave