We’ve been abandoned and set adrift
through the muck and mire in a rudderless ship.
Aren’t we your tired, aren’t we your poor?
Are your huddled masses so quick to ignore?
While we still suffer, while we still cry.
While our children go hungry, while our elderly die.
Why don’t you hear us, why don’t you care?
Aren’t we one nation, don’t we breathe the same air?
We begin the next chapter with hope anew.
Care and compassion are long overdue.
After evil is vanquished, our desperate need, is our new leaders be Blessed,
with the wisdom to lead.