Look on the Bright Side

My wife picked up the phone and called her friend Lucy Said we'll be in your haunts, we're coming to D.C. "We found a hotel in Largo, it has a large pool It will take our dog, and the kids don't have school." Lucy replied "Largo hotels shelter many an illegal "I suppose you picked it because it will allow your beagle "Anyway, not all illegals are guilty of vice DHS is cracking down, plus some are really nice." "One point" Lucy added, "don't walk outside: "Largo's poor, and lots of crime beside" "And" said Lucy, don't park in the back of the hotel... "Thieves will rip off your car, and parts they'll resell "There's nice shopping, but a gang hangs out at the mall "They sometimes get violent, but police are on call "I bought shoes there, it's nice - oh if you take the train "Just avoid the bad types, stay in your lane." My wife is an optimist, she said Lucy was upbeat But the devils in the details, I was white as a sheet I switched our reservation to Rockville MD Hard to believe that our capital is Washington, D.C. I looked up Largo, its known as really bad But many towns are runners up, it's really sad I've been told by folks who visit Europe's east They have safer, prettier cities, relatively at least. The U.S. is a checkerboard, some squares are alright But 40 percent of us fear going out at night I used to think we were a center of freedom and right But dystopia reins, the future's not bright.