Upturned Noses
We all wondered how it happened
Said it couldn't happen here
But we didn't wonder hard enough
Because it happened anyway
It happened right beneath our upturned noses
They taught us all about it
But they didn't teach us right
Because we never learned the lesson
And now we must learn the hard way
America, America, once upon a time a shining beacon
A symbol of hope and freedom
Good Lord, what have we become?
The self-righteous cheer it onward
While the rest of us stand appalled
At a world turned upside down
Where left is right and right is wrong
How far will we let it go?
Because it's gone too far already
But didn't this all happen before
In another place, in another time?
© 2026 Randy Bone