They're Coming To America

They came in droves

unto the coves

of this place

known as turtle island

Welcomed they were

by those who wore fur

these folks had helped them survive

their first winter

Space soon became cramped

where they had first encamped

these new people

now had need to spread out

But the natives had need

of these lands they did seed

their crop important

this was their home their very lives

The white men with his gun

though had not come for fun

he was determined

to make this land his

Move over he cried

indigenous died

when more Europeans

moved in and took over

Then across this great land

he did increase his span

pushing the natives

further toward becoming no more

Now it's today

many have forgotten the way

their ancestors

arrived on this land

How for freedom they came

giving this land new acclaim

as the home

of the free and the brave

Now things are different

as we seem so indifferent

to others

who wish to be free

Today we're obsessed

to keep them oppressed

I guess we've forgotten

of who we once were

We tell them “get lost”

“we'll not pay the cost”

we tell them

there just isn't room

It seems we no longer care

no longer a people who share

how the hell did we get here

causing so much despair