"SUPPOSE"

SUPPOSE THIS SUNDAY MORNING

THE CHURCH BELL DIDN'T RING

AND AS YOU PASSES UPON THE STEPS

THE CHOIR DIDN'T SING

SUPPOSE THE DOOR WAS PADLOCKED

OR MAYBE NAILED UP TIGHT

SUPPOSE A GUARD WAS STANDING THERE

TO STOP YOU DAY AND NIGHT

SUPPOSE YOU SAW OLD GLORY

A DIRTY TATTERED RAG

AND FLOATING HIGH ABOVE YOUR TOWN

ANOTHER COUNTRY'S FLAG

SUPPOSE YOU DIDN'T MEET A FRIEND

AS YOU WALKED DOWN THE STREET

SUPPOSE THE ONLY SOUND YOU HEARD

 WERE SOLDIER'S MARCHING FEET

SUPPOSE THE ARMY NEAR YOUR HOME

HAD TROOPS OF FOREIGN POWERS

SENT TO MARCH UPON THE STREETS

INSTEAD OF BOYS OF OURS

SUPPOSE YOUR FRIENDS WERE CARRIED OFF

TO PRISONS OR THEIR DEATHS

AND ALL THEY'RE PLEADING FOR A TRIAL

WAS JUST A WASTE OF BREATH

YOU SAY THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN

LET'S ALL PRAY THAT'S TRUE

AND LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER

WITH A PATRIOTIC VIEW

-BOBBY SPENCER