They've All Come to Look for America

                                         -Simon and Garfunkel

(A group poem in which each of the boys contributed stanzas)

America, TAKE ONE

The land of Big Macs

The home of the Golden Arches

America is the land of the free

But some may disagree

How free is the land of the free?

Red, white, and blue

These colors fly true

If all the people of America only knew

Oh, I'm proud to live in America

Where the government is kind

And I'd like to thank all the men who worked

To manipulate my mind

And I proudly accept

The propaganda, the lies, and the tricks

If they say three plus three is five

Then it never equaled six

America, TAKE TWO

The land of the Yankees

The home of the NFL

That sounds a little better

But there's still more

This is America we're talking about after all

The things you want out of life

Come with a cost

So look deep

Freedom

The thing of grace

The thing wanted by all

Can be gone in a blink

Freedom

Bought by soldiers

Protected by our own

Taken by our enemies

America, TAKE THREE

The land of the free

And the home of the brave

Freedom

We defend those

Who can't defend themselves

No matter the consequence

This is democracy at its best

The first place created on its principles

The first place where dreams can become reality