---------------------------- Lyrics by : Kathlene Rushing © 2025 Kathlene Rushing original music by creator – full rights owned All rights reserved. ---------------------------- [Verse 1] She once whispered through the harbor mist With silent lips and open fist “Bring me the tired, the poor, the brave, The huddled hearts the world won’t save” But now her flame’s behind a gate That reads: “Entry: $5 million—Cash or Slate” [Pre-Chorus] She used to lift her lamp so high Now she’s swiping left on those who try [Chorus] Golden door, now with a price tag Freedom sold in a velvet swag If you ain’t rich, then turn around No room here on this marble ground She said “Give me your wretched,” But they rewrote her scroll: “Send us your moguls, your yachts, your gold” [Verse 2] "Tempest-tost" now means investors lost Not mothers crossing at human cost No Ellis Island tears today Just golden visas, the platinum way And if you're not a billionaire's kin Then liberty’s torch won’t let you in [Bridge - Spoken over slow gospel organ] Lady Liberty weeps in green Her gown stained by what might have been Her poem used to spark a fight— Now it’s redacted in executive light [Final Chorus] Golden door, now gated and grand The poor can't step on this promised land “Yearning to breathe free?” — denied Unless your breath smells like Merlot and pride She once called the broken— Now she curtsies for kings Freedom, rebranded with shimmering bling [Outro - slow fade] Oh say, can you see… The land of the free Now costs a luxury fee.
