I have always avoided political posts on this blog.
But the situation in my home country, the United States of America,
is very worrisome to me. I am downright scared.
I hope this post will not turn off people to my free coloring pages.
But I feel like I need to make this post.
This is a song parody telling it like I see it.
Admittedly, this song parody is not for children.
Not all will agree with my points in the song parody, but again, I felt I really needed to express this:
Uncle Sam is a symbol of America or of the United States of America. I drew him as if he were sad.
America the Lost
Political Song Parody by: Robin A. Lyman
Sung to the tune of America the Beautiful.
Oh, beautiful under spacious skies
The verdant fields of crops
With no one left to harvest them
Due to ICE special ops
America America
God gave blessings to thee
But you forgot the good
Of brotherhood
Oh, how can you not see?
Oh, beautiful for immigrant feet
Those who work hard and rarely rest
Now you reject them violently
And cause them terrible stress
America! America!
Can you not see your flaw
You’ve sold your soul
To fascist control
With this inhuman law
Oh, beautiful for heroes proved
And they were not all white
Who more than self their country loved,
And many gave their life!
America! America!
May God forgive thy pride
If you oppress
And claim nobleness,
You’ll anger the divine.
Our military should be strong
So fund tanks, missiles, ships, and planes
But troops in the cities are all wrong
It’s tyranny again
America! America!
Honor those in uniform
But when they retire
Their situation could be dire
Abandoning them is very bad form
Oh, beautiful Martin Luther’s dream
That sees beyond the years
Where we are all on the same team
And not fomenting fears!
America! America!
God can’t give grace to thee,
Concentration camps
Where it’s hot and damp
It's a horror to see
Immigrants help thy buildings rise
Hotel staffers offer help
As people shelf the stores’ supplies
And some wrap fish in kelp
America! America!
You need these workers now
Economic collapse
It will not be a blast
You need not to Trump bow
Not beautiful are the mother’s screams
As ICE tears her family apart
As thugs with masks shatter her dreams
It’s like they have no heart
America! America!
Those who harvested corn and peas
Yes, their success
By all were blessed
‘Til ICE deported them overseas
Not beautiful the despot’s dreams
To cause much hate and fear
He and his followers all really seem
To be racists without peer
America! America
I can’t recommend thee
To the God of good
I wish I could
But He despises tyranny
How enlightening Science can be
When truth is sought out
And vaccinations can save many
Unless you’re a clueless lout
America! America!
Climate change is also real
To deny the truth
Is so uncouth
Our flooded coast will be real
Not beautiful in thy allies' eyes
As you abandon Ukraine
Trump cozying up to dictators
Leads to more suffering and pain
America! America!
Trump wants to rule unconstitutionally
His racist jests
And his tariffs mess
Causes pain at home & overseas
Not beautiful the deficit
That’s set to quickly rise
With Congress being complicit
As they rejoice as democracy dies
America! America!
The truth can yet set you free
Reject Trump’s lies
And his ICE Gestapo guys
To protect your liberty
How beautiful the med providers’ hands
As they care for our ills
Yet the cutting off of Medicaid
Will clearly get some people killed
America! America!
How can you be so cruel?
Education cuts
And school lunch, you gut
And college students can’t afford school
Not beautiful, the MAGA tribe
Who are blind to all they see
A president who lives by lies
Yet MAGA claims Christian piety
America! America!
God sees into your soul
Jesus would be so sad
And certainly he’s mad
That you’ve embraced a hate-filled role
How beautiful what Jesus taught
To feed the hungry and poor
To care for the stranger and take him in
And share when you have more
America! America!
God’s love you do deride
You cause suffering and pain
On your country, it’s a stain
God won’t your wickedness abide
There are those among you
who fight for what’s true
Christ can feel your pain
He sees the good you try to do
And your good deeds will remain
America! America!
God knows many of you try
To follow Him
Fight against sin
And are full of love ‘til the day you die
Oh, beautiful, the heavenly realms
Where good souls find eternal rest
For their good deeds
To try & meet others’ needs
They will be greatly blessed
Americans! Americans!
One day we all meet our God
Did you care for the poor?
Or were you a selfish boar?
Did you in Christ’s footsteps trod?
Oh, beautiful the Constitution
That gave liberty to all
Yet in fear or anger
You reject the stranger
Oh, how far can you fall?
America! America!
Once a beacon of liberty
Yet now you’re lost
In a tempest-tossed
As you’ve embraced cruelty
With open lies, your president tries
To accuse others of blame
He targets immigrants with lies
And his minions do the same
Americans! Americans!
Wake up to your frightening plight
You enter a cavern
Of despotism
It could be a very long night
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