I Always Wore Colors of My Country - Ned Andrew Solomon
I wanted to be thankful to be hopeful sentimental
to be grateful and deep down satisfied
I felt like I was lucky born with freedom educated
a native in a country filled with pride
and I always wore the colors of my country
I always wore the colors of my country
now the red white and blue
just doesn't do
doesn't say what it said in creation
the red doesn't glare and the white doesn't care
and the blue's just a wave
on the ocean
I heeded all the warnings looked both ways used my head
and I weighed both sides of every question
I exercised my vote and I exercised my mind
and I exercised my wallet to exhaustion
and I
always wore the colors of my country
I always wore the colors of my country
now the red white and blue
just doesn't do
doesn't say what it said in creation
the red doesn't glare and the white doesn't care
and the blue's just a wave
on the ocean
just a wave...
© 1981 by Ned Andrew Solomon