What happened to faith and love and the conviction of loyalty? Where did character and ethics go and instilled morality? Our spiritual compass spins and seems woefully so broken, We could use a sign of hope or some meaningful small token; To know where to put our trust and start the future once again, We should question in whose hands do we put ourselves to begin, To gather our strength and testify as our lives we shall define; Where do we turn, dear Lord, please it's now we need a sign. As time marches on and our existence is forever fleeting by; To where do we look to believe when hope is nearly nigh? Those we wanted as heroes forsake us, seem not to have a soul; It is hope and trust and allegiance that quietly they stole. We believed in them time and again; they forever let us down, What they give to us let it be true what goes comes back around. The times of yesteryear grew honest heroes so large and strong, Presently most of the fashionable names and faces don't belong. What happened to Mom and Pop and the great red, white and blue? When people looked you in the eye and what they said was true? The heroes of today don't live their lives the way they say to be, It does not happen in Hollywood or Washington D.C. Our heroes are often strangers, guardian angels, our unknown friends, We believed in policemen and in teachers; on them we did depend; And firefighters and doctors, persons worthy of our belief, The ones who came running to our aid and to help and bring relief. Our soldiers who have fought for us to make this country free, The unsung heroes who make it safe for them and you and me. I'm disgusted with politicians from everywhere who look at us and lie, And spoiled celebrities whose deeds are impossible to hold high. Who do our little ones look up to, who do they emulate as they grow? I hope it’s s not the sports world where the con duct is increasingly so low. Pay no attention to the deception from the man behind the curtain, Trust in yourself and in only those of which you can be certain. Let's bring back ol’ America, the great land of our decree; Back to times of hope and heroes that let our conscience be. Let's bring back ol' America, the great land of our decree; Back to times of hope and heroes that let our conscience be.
