Banners

Sixteen thousand people were screaming

Waving banners in front of their children

Maybe someday we can repay them

But not today

It don’t work that way

Sixteen missiles aimed in your head

Sixteen flowers for when your dead

Maybe someday we can repay them

But not today

It don’t work that way

Merit badge, a credit card

A lawn chair in your private yard

These things we give to you

With love and sweat

A silent prayer, a golden dream

A solid ground for everything

These things we hope

That you won’t forget

It don’t work that way

Sixteen thousand people were screaming

Waving banners in front of their children

Maybe someday we can repay them

But not today

It don’t work that way