Lead Us Not
We were protecting who
What did we try to do
We expelled God from school
We separated church from state
But teachers can still teach hate
To the fire adding fuel
The legacy we gave our sons
Is a generation carrying guns
Hate and violence seem to rule
We never broke the silence
We inherited senseless violence
We eliminated prayer
We felt a mother's fears
We saw a child's tears
Doesn't anybody care
A world of children love resistant
The drums we hear are not too distant
Our arms reach out to no one there.
This was an early attempt at a social statement years ago.
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