RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Dark Days Democracy
America has known many dark days
And many long dark nights
We have grown to understand
That if we stand still too long
We will sacrifice our rights
We will lose democracy itself
If we have lost the will to fight
For too long we have assumed
That self-government secures itself
A people will not pluck out its own heart
We would not send ourselves to hell
Or throw ourselves under the cart
The root of our being is to deny all kings
We would never allow democracy to part
Independence and liberty of thee I sing
Free and fair elections is where we start
But now we have learned nothing is sure
The rights and liberties at our very core
If it’s not nailed down it is not secure
From our purple mountains to majestic shores
If we will not fight or can’t endure
The land of the free may be no more
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