Call Them What They Are
Keith Peters
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I met a traveler from an antique land Who told me about some stones In a far away place in the desert sand In the shadow of some bones A face appearing painfully afraid and alone Once proud of his accomplishments But nothing to be shown A pedestal with an inscription ironically contained A praise for something that wasn't there That history detained Call me by my kingdom, call me by my name Look upon my wealth, and look upon my fame And somewhere down the line This figure had failed Somewhere down the line Someone lifted the veil Somewhere down the line Someone had had enough Somewhere down the line Someone called his bluff Leaders will come again Leaders will fall again Leaders will die again Traitors will come again Traitors will be found again Traitors will be killed again Fascists will come again Fascists will fool again And they'll consume their fellow man Statues will be built for them Statues will fall again Statues will be built again And that's why we must call them what they are I followed back that traveler to show me the stones In the far away place in the desert sand In the shadow of some bones A face appearing painfully, miserably alone Once proud of its accomplishments But nothing to be shown The pedestal with the inscription so stubbornly proclaimed The accolade of glory An embarrassing display It said, "Call me by my kingdom, Call me by my name Look upon my wealth, and look upon my fame The skilled ones learn to talk like you The skilled ones learn to walk like you And the skilled ones force their thoughts on you And that's why we Must call them what they are Fascist nazi sympathizers 1950's glorifiers Racist and misogynistic Got a message so simplistic Pro-life until you are born Useless 'till you're sent to war What you give is not enough The NRA can give them more And racists have come again And as leaders they will pretend And sexists have come again To steal the rights from our women And traitors have come again To eat away his fellow man And statues have been built again And they'll stand long before they fall And that's why we must call them what they are
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Written by: Keith Chiappone, Keith Peters
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