[Intro] They called it a cure They wrote it in law They closed every tap But demand never stopped [Verse 1] Home role turned public goal Women made the movement grow W.C.T.U. in seventy four State by state they wanted more Anti Saloon League came next Eighteen ninety three connected Every chapter every town Built the pressure from the ground Some saw drinking as a moral wrong Some saw families struggling too long Poverty crime and abuse on display Made more reformers demand a new way Temperance asked people to make their own choice Prohibition gave the government the voice One tried persuasion to change the decision One wanted alcohol banned through legislation [Chorus] Dry nation But the underground was pouring Eighteen shut the front door Back door business started roaring Good intention Bad collision Law met public opposition Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it Dry nation Dry nation Tried to stop the situation Made another operation Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it [Verse 2] Congress made the move in nineteen seventeen Constitutional change entered the scene States said yes in nineteen nineteen Eighteenth Amendment changed the routine Making and transporting became a crime Selling alcohol crossed the legal line Reformers believed that the nation would rise With safer homes and more stable lives Women led the push and delivered the vote Years of organization carried the hope A major victory for political might Women made the nation confront the fight But law on paper met life in the street Public resistance would not retreat Changing the rules might happen with ink Changing every person is harder than you think [Chorus] Dry nation But the underground was pouring Eighteen shut the front door Back door business started roaring Good intention Bad collision Law met public opposition Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it Dry nation Dry nation Tried to stop the situation Made another operation Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it [Verse 3] Legal sales stopped but demand stayed high Hidden establishments multiplied Illegal markets gathered momentum Every new restriction raised profit potential Organized crime found a business to run Corrupt officials let the system become Hard to enforce and harder to tame Prohibition changed but did not end the game Order was promised but disorder grew Good goals landed where nobody knew Public support started losing its drive The plan for reform could no longer survive Nineteen thirty three made history shift Twenty First Amendment finally entered the script Only amendment ever fully reversed The cure they created had made the problem worse [Bridge] The motive was protection The method was restriction The promise was improvement The outcome contradiction A movement won the battle Then consequences talked The Constitution locked it The Constitution unlocked [Final Chorus] Dry nation But the underground was pouring Eighteen shut the front door Back door business started roaring Good intention Bad collision Law met public opposition Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it Dry nation Dry nation Tried to stop the situation Made another operation Eighteen tried to lock it Twenty One came back and dropped it Eighteen locked it Twenty One dropped it The law changed the nation Then the nation changed the law [Outro] Temperance rose Prohibition fell Good goals can backfire And history can tell
