An Unpainted Fence

An Unpainted Fence

Remember when rap declared “America we love you!”

When from the depths of oppression MLK always declared “We”?

And no president ever apologized for who we are

When sport was where politics became something afar

There was fighting in Vietnam and it wasn’t a dream

We’d won the race to the moon and proved it wasn’t a balloon

The war was cold and getting damn old

The body bags were mounting and protests were counting

Inflation was the rage and that was no elation

Nixon went from tricky-Dickie to disgraced in a jiffy

We sang hallelujah in Alabama and I kissed Tallulah

Wallace was shot and that gave us no solace

I look back remembering that Southern blue sky in July

All those Fourth of Julys when regardless everyone wouldn’t by shy

The Star Spangled Banner would ring out and the flags would fly

There wasn’t a dry eye anywhere my sweet apple pie