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I'll Be a Broken Record
I'll be a broken record;
I'll be a pesky fly
And keep asking questions--
Keep asking, "WHY?"
WHY, after thousands of shootings,
Are we still having fights
Interpreting our nebulous
Second Amendment rights?
WHY are we constantly told
That there's simply no way
To loosen the very tight grip
Of the intransigent NRA?
WHY do some believe
That fewer will be harmed
Or killed by a violent miscreant
If MORE Americans are armed?
WHY don't gun owners find
That fine-tuning the laws
To protect ALL Americans
Is a worthy cause?
WHY does it fall on deaf ears
Whenever the public demands
Ways to keep our guns
Out of the wrong hands?
WHY does it seem to be only
In America that we find
This love affair with guns--
Where guns are so enshrined?
Until we see some changes
And answers to questions WHY,
I'll be a broken record;
I'll be a pesky fly.
(6-22-15)
I'll be a pesky fly
And keep asking questions--
Keep asking, "WHY?"
WHY, after thousands of shootings,
Are we still having fights
Interpreting our nebulous
Second Amendment rights?
WHY are we constantly told
That there's simply no way
To loosen the very tight grip
Of the intransigent NRA?
WHY do some believe
That fewer will be harmed
Or killed by a violent miscreant
If MORE Americans are armed?
WHY don't gun owners find
That fine-tuning the laws
To protect ALL Americans
Is a worthy cause?
WHY does it fall on deaf ears
Whenever the public demands
Ways to keep our guns
Out of the wrong hands?
WHY does it seem to be only
In America that we find
This love affair with guns--
Where guns are so enshrined?
Until we see some changes
And answers to questions WHY,
I'll be a broken record;
I'll be a pesky fly.
(6-22-15)
