RAISE MY HAND

 
            I HAVE A DISEASE CALLED “RAISE MY HAND”
            AND IT USUALLY GETS ME IN DEEP TROUBLE
            BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET BRAVE AND DO IT
            PROBLEMS, THEY SOMEHOW ALWAYS GET DOUBLED

            IN SCHOOL I WOULD SOMETIMES RAISE MY HAND
            THINKING OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I KNEW
            THEN A MOMENT OF SHEER PANIC WOULD SET IN
            CAUSING DUMBNESS, THE ANSWER I’D HAVE NO CLUE

            I’VE BEEN CHOSEN TO PLAY ON SPORTS TEAMS
            PICKED FROM MANY IN LINE WE WOULD STAND
            I HAVE VOTED WHEN THE OUTCOME WAS DECIDED
            BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF RAISED HANDS

            THE PHYSICAL FOR MILITARY SERVICE I TOOK
            I FAILED, BACK ISSUES, COULDN’T SERVE THIS LAND
            IF PASSED, NAVY BOUND I WOULD HAVE BEEN
            WOULD HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, RAISED MY HAND

            AT WORK I HAVE GOOFED, LIFTED IT UP
            THEN WAS GIVEN TASKS BOTH NASTY AND BAD
            AT CHURCH I WOULD SOMETIMES VOLUNTEER
            DOING THE LORD’S WORK WOULD MAKE ME GLAD

            IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING LIFE’S DECISIONS
            YOU MUST TAKE A STAND, RAISE YOUR HAND
            FOR THERE WILL COME A TIME, IT ALWAYS DOES
            WHEN YOU MUST RAISE YOUR HAND, BE A MAN