War raging to the east

War brewing to the west

Can we really say

That we're doing our best?

 

Our economy failing

Our education becoming hollow

We're hardly a model

For others to follow.

 

We once were envied

Far and wide

For our defiance of Britain

Their ruler so snide.

 

As our country divided

Many thought we were through

But unlike theirs

Our Union stayed true.

 

And then as they fought

In their largest war yet

America stepped in

And stopped the German threat.

 

Established as powerful

A nation without fears

We led the whole world

For about ten more years.

 

But then we crashed

And took the world with us

But while they recovered

We still sat in the dust.

 

Again the world roiled

With war and unrest

And America stood by,

Saying, we're no longer the best.

 

But then up we rose

When provoked into rage

And won the war with a weapon

That changed the world stage.

 

We emerged as victors

Strongest once more

But across from us now

Stood another power, and the potential for war.

 

But this war was not

Something that we could fight

For if the two clashed

The whole world would fall into blight.

 

So instead of with weapons

We fought with our money

And the dark power fell

under the weight of a failed economy.

 

But the war took a toll

On the victors as well

And plunged the whole nation

Into a kind of Hell.

 

But few even knew

That Hell had arrived

And carried on oblivious

Because their leaders had lied.

 

They put off their problems

And labeled them solved

Leaving it to another generation

To make these problems resolved.

 

But the new generation

Was not informed of the danger

And tried to improve the rest of the world

As equality was their wager.

 

They thought that they had to help

Every nation, every people less fortunate

But more than they thought

They themselves were unfortunate.

 

Still today we try

To save the rest of the world

But at some point we failed to realize

That our own sails had been furled.

 

We push on stubbornly

Determined to fix our troubles

Without losing our comforts 

But regularly our problem still doubles.

 

How can we climb out

Of the hole we are in

The hole into which we climbed

To help others win?

 

We tried to pull others out

But instead they dragged us in

And now those whom we managed to save

Are standing at the top, laughin'.

 

Our lifestyle of extravagance

Still pulls us down

As those who choose our actions

Have little more intelligence than a simple clown.

 

But now we shall rise

Tired of being stepped on

To restore the pride

That once we relied on.

 

Yes, we shall rise

And again we will be

The United States of America

The greatest country.