(Verse 1) A long, long time ago, I can still remember how this country used to make me smile. And I knew if we had a chance, We’d stand for truth, not circumstance, And maybe we’d be sane here for a while. But something changed that made me shiver, With every news report delivered. The votes came in so tight, And it kept me up all night. I still remember how I cried, To think so many cast their side For someone filled with shame and lies, The day the world sighed. (Chorus) So bye-bye, good ol’ American pride, Drove my Chevy to the levee, but democracy died. Them good ol’ boys were cheering with a big, ugly sigh, Singin', "This’ll be the day truth dies, This’ll be the day truth dies." (Verse 2) Did you believe in what he’d say? Or were you fooled in some sad way, By promises that faded fast? Or did you turn your eyes away, From all the truth that lay at bay, And trust a fraud whose lies were built to last? Well, he boasted loud, with a shameless grin, Shrugged off his sins, again and again, He laughed as justice slept, And we all felt inept. I watched his rallies, one by one, Each louder than the last begun, And couldn’t see how this was won, The day the world sighed. (Chorus) We were singin' bye-bye, good ol’ American pride, Drove my Chevy to the levee, but democracy died. Them good ol’ boys, with their chants raised high, Singin', "This’ll be the day hope dies, This’ll be the day hope dies." (Verse 3) Now for years we've been on our own, Living by tweets from a golden throne, But that’s not how it used to be. When we had leaders who stood for more, Not ones with scandals at their door, And truth was something we could clearly see. Oh, but while the king was looking down, The joker took the country’s crown, The court was adjourned, No justice was returned. And while the people cried in vain, We wondered why we’d play this game, And mourned the cost of pride and shame, The day the world sighed. (Chorus) We were singin' bye-bye, good ol’ American pride, Drove my Chevy to the levee, but democracy died. Them good ol’ boys were just shrugging aside, Singin', "This’ll be the day truth dies, This’ll be the day truth dies." (Verse 4) I met a girl who’d once believed, In dreams we’d built, the world we’d achieved, But she just smiled and shook her head. I went down to the sacred ground, Where leaders once would gather 'round, But the man there sighed and said, "It’s dead." And in the streets, the people screamed, Disillusioned and deceived, Not a word was spoken, The spirit all was broken. And the people turned and walked away, Watching freedom fade to gray, Left asking why we fell this way, The day the world sighed. (Final Chorus) So bye-bye, good ol’ American pride, Drove my Chevy to the levee, but democracy died. Them good ol’ boys would just laugh And in the streets, the people screamed, Disillusioned and deceived, Not a word was spoken, The spirit all was broken. And the people turned and walked away, Watching freedom fade to gray, Left asking why we fell this way, The day the world sighed. (Final Chorus) So bye-bye, good ol’ American pride, Drove my Chevy to the levee, but democracy died. Them good ol’ boys would just laugh
