Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident

That government is like the people

That in time of recession, confusion or change

We grow self-absorbed and fearful.

Not all men are equal in our eyes

Family and friends take priority

Should all those people look the same

We retreat to a narrow authority.

But life and liberty, justice and hope

Must be blind as the water or won't long endure

When we take our measure off somebody else

The well has been poisoned and nothing is pure.

A prince of no character, with designs of a tyrant

Is unfit to lead us, so why wait for his lead?  

We pledge once again, though laws may not prescribe it

To do what he doesn't and give what we need.