America oh America

America oh America

what has become of you

the whole world invested in you

in nineteen twenty two




soaring stocks then came the crash

the world looked on in awe

as you bounced back with the new deal

much stronger than before




then fighting in world war two

following  an attack

all the influence you may have lost

all came flooding back




in the fifties we like what we saw

and all wanted the same

in the sixties all was wild and  free

and Russia was to blame




the seventies you went astray

lost in Vietnam

the eighties you were humiliated

with Cuba and Iran




the nineties put all behind

brought the cold war to an end

carried spending on defence

with nothing to defend




2001 you took revenge

and went on the attack

invaded Afghanistan

and then on to Iraq




and there you kept on fighting

for oil supply domination

now your leaving Afghanistan

in complete devastation




and so the world looks again at you

what will you do next

with ineffectual leaders

and world problems so complex