Independence Day

July Fourth this nation born
Its patriots often tattered and torn
Sometimes leaving widows deeply to mourn

July Fourth this nation in glee
From foreign domination set free
Remembering, "Our Country 'tis of Thee"

July Fourth has come and gone many times
Do we still hear the sound of freedom chimes
Or too shrill the sound of national crimes

Independence Day once proudly proclaimed
Has too often been by too many defamed
Too many shattered ideals have made us ashamed

Yet, there are the patriotic, the proud
Freedom should be globally shouted aloud
Freedom should be globally shouted aloud!

The goal here may not yet be reached
But freedom should be universally preached
Freedom should be universally preached!

Free men and women everywhere
Makes freedom safer anywhere
Each sharing it with others somewhere

Each sharing it with others somewhere