The Wreck of the United States

3 weeks ago by @rdlinder

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I want to write songs based on actual events
Like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Or when somebody dies like American Pie
My song would be such a great herald

The problem, you see, is I rarely take time
To research a topic, then make up a rhyme
I come with an inkling of some great portent
But just cannot make effort to make time worth spent

A glance at the Wikipedia entry
Will give me some insight, that's certain to be
But me, feigning expertise on the task
Is really quite something for someone to ask

But what about happenings that I must have lived through?
I must at least think there was something I knew
I read all the papers, I scoured the news
But promptly forget or else started to snooze

I want to write songs based on current events
Like "The Wreck of the United States" now
The current direction just does not make sense
Yet we all do nothing anyhow

February three, the problem I see
The day the music died
The country, it seems, torn apart at the seams
By a madman with too much self pride

A mandate no less, so he claims in excess
It's something we mostly did not vote for
And just two weeks in, no matter the spin
I see too much that I must abhor

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