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Stand Up For Our Freedom

I got drunk by my self last night
There was just nothing else to do
I told myself that itll be alright
If I could just get that memory out of sight

My eyes are half closed
From staring down the sun
I’ve been down in the dumps
I’ve had a lot of intoxicating fun

And I’m here to tell you
That life goes on
No matter what happens
No matter how much you hurt come dawn

Remember that hangovers are only temporary
No matter how much they hurt
Sometimes you won’t be able
To have memories of which you revert

The fun is what
Drinking is all about
Remember that yourself
You should never doubt

Instead of drinking in sorrow
And self pity
Get drunk with some girls
Who are kind of pretty

If the good looking ones won’t accompany
In your quest for intoxication
There are always the desperate
In this great nation

Sex is a symbol
Which has made America fine
Naked bodies
So sensually entwined

We are a country 
Now based on rules
Created by the greed
Of those political fools

Our rights shall be taken
With the swiftness of the wind
We will not even know
For our perception has thinned

We no longer appreciate
Our gift to be free
And our forefathers
Would most likely agree

We need to stop and rewind
What has our country came to
I think alteration 
Is far overdue

We need to remember
What the armed forces died for
Now 
More and more

Disgracefully we are becoming
More concerned about police force
What has our country came to?
Shouldn’t we feel at least some remorse?

Pay attention to the news
And you shall see
That this proud country
Is not what it used to be

What have we done?
Is there any way to defend our rights?
There is
You’ve just got to fight

For you must make a stand
This is our home land
We mustn’t have empathy
About this subject at hand

Those who have the power to take action
Have the responsibility to do so
Meaning the tyranny on the horizon
We must overthrow

If we wait too long
We shall face monarchy
Yet rules must be made
For we need not anarchy

Remember what life
Is all about
Freedom is something
We must now bail out

So stand up 
Be proud
And in unity 
Say aloud

We will not fade into the night
We will not
Be taken without a fight

We’ve done it before
We must do it again
Once more our freedom
Calls for our duty to defend

Copyright © Michael Harris | Year Posted 2006

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