Something that Its Sposed to Be

Something that It’s S’posed to Be

    They brought back the Longhorn cattle

    after they’d gone nearly extinct.

    They even brought back the bald eagles

    when they were teetering right on the brink.

    And there are grizzlies back in Yellowstone,

    and they’re really something to see.

    So why can’t we bring this country back

    to something that it’s s’posed to be?

    To where trying to love your neighbor

    doesn’t stop at the churchhouse door

    and kids don’t need an appointment

    just to play with the kids next door.

    Where everyone learns the same language

    from sea to shining sea.

    Why can’t we bring this country back

    to something that it’s s’posed to be?

    Lowering standards and putting up walls.

    Dividing instead of uniting us all.

    My state’s a red one, and your state is blue

    so I can’t have a real conversation with you.

    A man who knows how to work with his hands

    should stand on his own two feet.

    And he shouldn’t have to work at two or three jobs

    trying to make ends meet.

    And pain pills should be in the drugstores

    and not everywhere on the street.

    Why can’t we bring this country back

    to something that it’s s’posed to be?

    Lowering standards and putting up walls.

    Dividing instead of uniting us all.

    My state’s a red one, and your state is blue

    so I can’t have a real conversation with you.

    Well, I’m not the least bit nostalgic,

    and I don’t want to turn back the clock.

    I think that wherever a person comes from,

    we all deserve the same shot.

    And I think that it’s not just the markets

    that are moved by fear and greed.

    Why can’t we bring this country back

    to something that it’s s’posed to be?