TELL ME WHY

 
                TELL ME WHY
                IN THIS LAND THAT I LOVE
                IS IT ONLY COINCIDENCE
                OR ARE WE BEING JUDGED FROM ABOVE?

                TELL ME WHY
                AS I WRITE THIS WITH MY TEARS
                MY CONCERN IS FOR OUR COUNTRY
                TRYING HARD TO CONTROL MY FEAR

                TELL ME WHY
                TIMES CAN’T BE AS THEY WERE
                WHEN FAMILY WAS WHAT MATTERED
                AND YOUR FUTURE WAS SECURE

                TELL ME WHY
                WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORS WERE YOUR FRIENDS
                YOU KNEW THEM BY THEIR FIRST NAMES
                AND IN NEED ON THEM YOU COULD DEPEND

                TELL ME WHY
                PRAYER WAS REMOVED FROM OUR SCHOOLS
                DID MADELYN MURRAY O’HARE
                GET HER WAY AND MAKE US LOOK LIKE FOOLS?

                TELL ME WHY
                IT’S WRONG TO DISCIPLINE A CHILD
                A WHACK OR TWO FROM MY DAD
                KEPT ME FROM GOING WILD

                TELL ME WHY
                YOU EXPECT TEACHERS TO RAISE YOUR KIDS
                SHAME ON YOU, ITS NOT THEIR JOB
                FROM RESPONSIBILITY YOU’VE HID

                TELL ME WHY
                ALL OUR POLITICIANS DO IS FIGHT
                IF THEY COULD GROW UP, WORK TOGETHER
                THEN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE ALL RIGHT
                TELL ME WHY
                OUR NATION IS IN SO MUCH DEBT
                IF OUR CREDITORS DEMANDED FULL PAYMENT
                THEN WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET

                TELL ME WHY
                UNBORN BABIES ARE ALLOWED TO DIE
                IT’S A SHAME THAT THEIR MOTHERS
                WON’T HEAR THEIR NEWBORN’S CRY

                TELL ME WHY
                SUPER POWER WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE
                NO WAR’S BEEN WON SINCE WORLD WAR TWO
                I PRAY THERE’S NOT A WORLD WAR THREE

                TELL ME WHY
                OUR CHILDREN CAN’T GO OUT AND PLAY
                BECAUSE MOLESTATION AND KIDNAPPING
                IS A THREAT TO THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY

                TELL ME WHY
                DISPUTES ARE SOMETIMES WON
                BY LETTING GO OF SELF CONTROL
                AND THE SHOOTING OF A GUN

                TELL ME WHY
                WHEN GOING TO CHURCH WAS THE RULE
                WE ALLOW HATRED, STRIFE, PERSECUTION
                EMPTY PEWS AS SATAN’S TOOLS

                TELL ME WHY
                CONTROVERSY IS FORCED ON ME
                BY INSULTING OUR NATION’S FLAG
                WHILE DOWN ON BENDED KNEE

                PLEASE TELL ME WHY
                WE CAN’T SEEM TO GET ALONG
                “BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN”
                LIVE UP TO THIS PATRIOTIC SONG