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And Yet Another Shooting...
And yet another shooting in our complacent nation!
You know it will continue to go on without cessation.
There will be another, and another, and another,
Until every parent--every father, every mother--
And all others who decry this murderous scourge,
And are tired of listening to a sad, perennial dirge,
Will stand with other people and together as a force
Will help to put our misdirected country back on course.
Do you ever wonder what it's going to take
For all the apathetic people to awake--
People lulled to sleep by the powerful NRA?
I'm not talking fairy tale; this is not child's play.
We can't be more serious: the killing has to end!
Tell me, Americans, what do you intend
To do about this problem? Don't say that you'll go on
Being someone's toady--being someone's pawn--
Victimized by politics, afraid to take a stand.
Then the situation's hopeless and way out of hand.
How many more parents are going to lose a child
As more and more violent statistics are compiled?
Don't let politicians lead you through a maze
Of patriotic rhetoric and flashy, trite clichés.
Speak up loudly and let our leaders know
They should have taken action on this matter long ago.
Our children and their future deserve to be protected.
Heaven help them if the situation's not corrected.
The violence will not disappear all on its own.
There are others out there; you are not alone.
Seek out other people to help you spread the word;
Work to overturn the current laws that are absurd.
Like the characters in Network, we'll let our voices roar:
We're as mad as hell, and we won't take it anymore!
(6-6-14)
You know it will continue to go on without cessation.
There will be another, and another, and another,
Until every parent--every father, every mother--
And all others who decry this murderous scourge,
And are tired of listening to a sad, perennial dirge,
Will stand with other people and together as a force
Will help to put our misdirected country back on course.
Do you ever wonder what it's going to take
For all the apathetic people to awake--
People lulled to sleep by the powerful NRA?
I'm not talking fairy tale; this is not child's play.
We can't be more serious: the killing has to end!
Tell me, Americans, what do you intend
To do about this problem? Don't say that you'll go on
Being someone's toady--being someone's pawn--
Victimized by politics, afraid to take a stand.
Then the situation's hopeless and way out of hand.
How many more parents are going to lose a child
As more and more violent statistics are compiled?
Don't let politicians lead you through a maze
Of patriotic rhetoric and flashy, trite clichés.
Speak up loudly and let our leaders know
They should have taken action on this matter long ago.
Our children and their future deserve to be protected.
Heaven help them if the situation's not corrected.
The violence will not disappear all on its own.
There are others out there; you are not alone.
Seek out other people to help you spread the word;
Work to overturn the current laws that are absurd.
Like the characters in Network, we'll let our voices roar:
We're as mad as hell, and we won't take it anymore!
(6-6-14)
