WHEN THE DAY CAME
by Carl Alexander
There's a UN tank in our town
parked on the Courthouse square...
and a flag waves from the standpole,
but the Stars & Stripes aren't there.
Oh, where were you when
that day came,
the day they took away our guns?
Where were you when the day came
that made slaves, of our sons?
A hundred dollar bounty
turned most people into pawns...
and by city, state & county
lines thru names were drawn.
No warning lamps lit steeples...
No church bells rang, or pealed...
They came by night with guns drawn,
for those who would not yield.
Oh, where were you when that day came,
and brought shame to these shores?
Where were you when the day came
that made our daughters, whores?
The few who fought were defeated.
Killed, or jailed, or fled...
and for every thousand people,
only one lay dead.
Now, there's a graveyard on a hillside,
where they laid our bodies down...
the last to fight for Freedom
upon this hallowed ground.
Oh, where were you when
that day came,
the day they took away our guns?
Where were you when the day came
that made slaves, of our sons?
Oh, where were you when... the day came?