Requiem to America

Solo male folk singer, Acoustic Intimate Short intro 2 bar interlude

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Verse 1

Happy one-year anniversary, January twenty - twenty-five,

Feels like a century to those trying to stay alive.

He promised cheaper groceries, peace in twenty-four hours flat,
Deport the worst of the worst — but none of that came back.

U-kraine still burns in moonlight, the cannons never sleep,
They sold us on a Golden Age, but fool’s gold cuts you deep.

Refrain
Oh say, can you remember
What this nation swore to be?
Liberty with justice,
Not loyalty to tyranny.

Verse 2
Day one pardons — sixteen hundred — from January sixth,
They called it just a picnic, but history calls it this:
Capitol cops left wounded, some never made it home,
While justice wore a blindfold carved out of stone.

Cabinet filled with echoes, no skill, no earned command,
The only test was loyalty — a raised and trembling hand.

Refrain
Government by signature,
By midnight pen and ink,
Checks and balances shattered
On the edge of the brink.

Verse 3
Project Twenty-Twenty-Five — unknown until it ran the show,
A roadmap pulled from shadows once the doors were closed.
Pro-grams cut, careers erased, devoted workers gone,
While aid to starving children vanished with a yawn.

The richest man on Earth still sleeps in silk and glass,
While millions of the poorest feel the future pass.

Verse 4
Liberation Day, April second, tariffs crowned the globe,
Every nation saddled up, then re-shuffled as a joke.
Trillions pledged with smiling lies — dream on, big boy king,
One Big Beautiful Bill made the rich richer than kings.

Robin Hood ran backwards in a tailored suit and tie,
While farmers paid more dearly 
then watched their soybeans die.

Refrain
A court once blind now winks,
A legislature bows,
Homage gifts pile high
While great leader naps.

Verse 5
A birthday parade of tanks 
while Lady Liberty weeps,
Due process lost its meaning — just ship them overseas.
Torture by proxy, El Salvador nights,
Transparency ignored, pedophiles out of sight.

Bombs fall before the signal, truth trails far behind,
Victory claimed loudly — evidence declined.

Verse 6
Free speech gasps for oxygen, renamed and fenced and watched,
Icons lose their meaning, history gets washed.
Missiles hit the fishermen, then circle back again,
To murder those still breathing — tell me, when does this end?

Iran burns in headlines, success without a test,
While a ballroom’s planned where the East Wing once rest.

Refrain
Make America sick again,
Fear on every ward,
Doctors scared to save a life
From laws that worship force.

Verse 7
Gerry-mandered maps like nooses pull democracy tight,
ICE raids sweep the cities — brown, Black, wrong or right.
Say her name — Renee Good — thirty-seven, American,
Shot three times by the state, then buried by a plan.

Justice sealed the records, nothing here to see.
Land of the terrorized, home of the subjugated free.

Verse 8

Venezuela burns in visions of stolen oil dreams,

Greenland priced in whispers, hemispheres divvied in threes.
Checks promised in the mailbox — health care’s just a frill,
Don’t pre-spend your future on another empty bill.

Un-truths flood the hour, anti-social and loud,
Retribution masquerades as justice in a crowd.

Bridge (Oath)
I do solemnly swear,
To defend what was made,
Against enemies foreign and domestic,
So help me God, I prayed.

Loyalty to America
Can’t kneel to one man’s throne,
The Constitution doesn’t bend
To crowns or thrones or bones.

Final Refrain
America’s no shining city
On a hill that lights the way,
But there are twinkles in the darkness
That refuse to fade away.

Hands Off — April fifth,
No Kings — June fourteen’s cry,
A blue wave rose in November
Under storm-torn skies.

A new day waits in quiet,
January third, twenty-seven,
Requiem sung not just in grief —
But hope still aimed at heaven.

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Verse 1 Happy one-year anniversary, January twenty - twenty-five, Feels like a century to those trying to stay alive. He promised cheaper groceries, peace in twenty-four hours flat, Deport the worst of the worst — but none of that came back. U-kraine still burns in moonlight, the cannons never sleep, They sold us on a Golden Age, but fool’s gold cuts you deep. Refrain Oh say, can you remember What this nation swore to be? Liberty with justice, Not loyalty to tyranny. Verse 2 Day one pardons — sixteen hundred — from January sixth, They called it just a picnic, but history calls it this: Capitol cops left wounded, some never made it home, While justice wore a blindfold carved out of stone. Cabinet filled with echoes, no skill, no earned command, The only test was loyalty — a raised and trembling hand. Refrain Government by signature, By midnight pen and ink, Checks and balances shattered On the edge of the brink. Verse 3 Project Twenty-Twenty-Five — unknown until it ran the show, A roadmap pulled from shadows once the doors were closed. Pro-grams cut, careers erased, devoted workers gone, While aid to starving children vanished with a yawn. The richest man on Earth still sleeps in silk and glass, While millions of the poorest feel the future pass. Verse 4 Liberation Day, April second, tariffs crowned the globe, Every nation saddled up, then re-shuffled as a joke. Trillions pledged with smiling lies — dream on, big boy king, One Big Beautiful Bill made the rich richer than kings. Robin Hood ran backwards in a tailored suit and tie, While farmers paid more dearly then watched their soybeans die. Refrain A court once blind now winks, A legislature bows, Homage gifts pile high While great leader naps. Verse 5 A birthday parade of tanks while Lady Liberty weeps, Due process lost its meaning — just ship them overseas. Torture by proxy, El Salvador nights, Transparency ignored, pedophiles out of sight. Bombs fall before the signal, truth trails far behind, Victory claimed loudly — evidence declined. Verse 6 Free speech gasps for oxygen, renamed and fenced and watched, Icons lose their meaning, history gets washed. Missiles hit the fishermen, then circle back again, To murder those still breathing — tell me, when does this end? Iran burns in headlines, success without a test, While a ballroom’s planned where the East Wing once rest. Refrain Make America sick again, Fear on every ward, Doctors scared to save a life From laws that worship force. Verse 7 Gerry-mandered maps like nooses pull democracy tight, ICE raids sweep the cities — brown, Black, wrong or right. Say her name — Renee Good — thirty-seven, American, Shot three times by the state, then buried by a plan. Justice sealed the records, nothing here to see. Land of the terrorized, home of the subjugated free. Verse 8 Venezuela burns in visions of stolen oil dreams, Greenland priced in whispers, hemispheres divvied in threes. Checks promised in the mailbox — health care’s just a frill, Don’t pre-spend your future on another empty bill. Un-truths flood the hour, anti-social and loud, Retribution masquerades as justice in a crowd. Bridge (Oath) I do solemnly swear, To defend what was made, Against enemies foreign and domestic, So help me God, I prayed. Loyalty to America Can’t kneel to one man’s throne, The Constitution doesn’t bend To crowns or thrones or bones. Final Refrain America’s no shining city On a hill that lights the way, But there are twinkles in the darkness That refuse to fade away. Hands Off — April fifth, No Kings — June fourteen’s cry, A blue wave rose in November Under storm-torn skies. A new day waits in quiet, January third, twenty-seven, Requiem sung not just in grief — But hope still aimed at heaven.

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