Close the book
and shake your head:
makes you think,
what those men did.
Well, days like that are done.
[number one]
We arrive to find
no one around.
Once the wars
make it all ours,
we save a lucky few.
[number two]
They sail here in chains
but we set them free
[which makes three],
so we’re not to blame
for what happens way before
we’re born. [and four]
Soldiers we send
to far-off lands
bring freedom’s gift.
[that’s a fifth]
It can’t be an empire if
it’s us. [and sixth]
This country’s built
for men who can sprint
ahead of all others,
not for losers
whining how the lanes aren’t even.
[and now seven]
One faith to shape
this nation [eight],
one god to guide
its progress [nine],
one book spelling out when
it ends. [and ten]
