“Lost The Way, or, So Much For ‘Exceptionalism’”

[formerly “The Waste;” revised 2/21/25] sung to the tune of “Dixie”

Photo by Lee Lawson on Unsplash

Lost The Way,

or,

So Much For ‘Exceptionalism’

America, a land of promise/ Never sought for all true justice/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ America

Chorus:

Oh, I cry for this lost nation/ The way! The way!/ Oh, I weep for damned America/ A land that lost the way/ The way, the way/ A land that lost the way

Was meant to be a shining light/ Traded that for wealth and might/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ America

Repeat chorus

America, can’t be forgotten/ Sold its soul for bales of cotton/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ Lost the way/ America

Repeat chorus

Tag:

The way, the way/ A land that lost the way