One Person
i recall when a man had to earn what he earned when his boys had his back and their flag never burned when folks lived how they lived and kids learned what they learnt and guys were who they were and girls weren't what they weren't i miss those golden olden days when we were in god's graces when people knew their places men like me could get a word in the world was so much better when there were at most two races mustve been like heaven back when there was just one person this country used to be a lot more free, less uptight no one cared 'bout their pronouns or their civil rights immigrants came by boat kissed this land, loved its laws i mean, even the slave ships had papers to cross i wish i'd left the earth before it birthed these preachy pretenders "Oh no, the planet's warming agents swarming, babies starving" the world was full enough with two religions and two genders it mustve been like heaven back when there was just one person but adam had, um, to go and give his holy heart, his manly rib he thought he was a prince, a player now here we are, eight billion later maybe it's time to blow some truth bombs up in all their faces yeah just to thin the crowd before the situation worsens it's overkill with even two religions, genders, races i'm gonna take us way back when when there was just one person it's funny, sonny, it used to be those who looked or did things differently often lived their lives in misery and i'm sorry but that sounds 'bout right to me