A Political Song

Were You Ever

Were you ever right

When you arrived that night

With your books and your guns

With your daughters and sons

Were you ever right

You landed and looked

You built and you cooked

You cut down and burned

You rampaged and spurned

You landed and looked

Did you do right

When you used all your might

To bring them in ships

To work in your fields

Did you do right

You bought and you sold

You made them grow old

You forced them to change

You locked them in chains

You bought and you sold

Are you sure it was good

When you imported more men

To toil under ground

Until soon they were dead

Are you sure it was good

Did you ever care

Do you feel it was fair

Did you really mean well

Did you really do well

Did you ever care

Was it part of the plan

To elect such a man

Is that what you need

To see them bleed

Was it part of the plan

Were you ever

Were you ever

That beacon of light

Did you ever

Did you ever

Do right

Did you ever

Did you ever