Song For Congress

I'm a New Yorker

With long American roots

I see a land that's tilting

And I don't know what to do

Something is different

This danger feels new

Who do we look to?

In the Capitol Building

The chosen few

I wrote a song for you

I wrote a song for you

As you walk through Statuary Hall

Do you hear the marble breathing?

All the statues are trying to talk

What do you think that they're saying?

The muse of history

Writes everything down

She writes just what she sees

In Washington town

As you walk through Statuary Hall

Do you catch the marble moving?

All the statues are trying to walk

Where do you think that they're going?

We're on a bigger team

Than left or right

We have a flickering history

As a guiding light

Don't wanna see the American dream

Die in the night

'Round the world

In bars and parks

People commiserate

Complex feelings

'Round this flag of ours but

Don't wanna see it fade

They still want their

American friend

As you walk through Statuary Hall

Do you see the marble moving?

All the statues are starting to walk

Where do you think that they're going?

To find the man

Who would be king

Doesn't seem to care about

Anything

Now's the time to do something

(Do we dare look away, shut our eyes and slide into the dark?)

Now's the time to do something

(When we're all looking back, we will cry when we see what we have done)

Now's the time to say something

(Families split up, the world heating up)

Now's the time to say something

(We are letting hate lead us away)