A More Perfect Union
Titus Andronicus Lyrics

Are we ready to go?
Let's get started!

From whence shall we expect the approach of danger?
Where will the threat come from?

Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a blow?
Can a foreign power destroy us with a single attack?

Never! All the armies of Europe and Asia could not, by force Take a drink from the Ohio River Or set a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years
No way! Even the combined might of Europe and Asia can't control our resources or change our geography.

If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher
If we fail, it's our own fault.

As a nation of free men, we will live forever, or die by suicide
We will either thrive as a free society or destroy ourselves.

There'll be no more counting the cars on the Garden State Parkway Nor waiting for the Fung Wah bus to carry me to who-knows-where And when I stand tonight, 'neath the lights of the Fenway Will I not yell like hell for the glory of the Newark Bears?
I'm leaving behind my old life for a new one filled with excitement and adventure.

Because where I'm going to now, no one can ever hurt me Where the well of human hatred is shallow and dry No, I never wanted to change the world, but I'm looking for a new New Jersey Because tramps like us, baby, we were born to die
I'm searching for a place where I can't be hurt and where there's no more hate. I don't want to change the world, I just want to find my own kind of peace.

I'm doing 70 on 17, I'm doing 80 over 84 And I never let the Meritt Parkway magnetize me no more Give me a brutal Somerville summer Give me a cruel New England winter Give me the great Pine Barrens So I can see them turned into splinters 'Cause if I come in on a donkey, let me go out on a gurney I want to realize too late I never should have left New Jersey Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh La da da da da da da da da da da, yeah! Yeah! Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm driving fast and living hard, taking on any challenge that comes my way. I want to see the world burn and regret ever leaving New Jersey.

I sense the enemy, they're rustling around in the trees I thought I had gotten away but they followed me to 02143 Woe, oh woe is me, no one knows the trouble I see When they hang Jeff Davis from a sourapple tree
The enemy is still coming for me, no matter where I go. I'm haunted by my past and the problems of the present.

I'll sit beneath the leaves and weep None of us shall be saved, every man will be a slave For John Brown's body lies a'mouldring in the grave and there's rumblings down in the caves
I'm powerless to stop what's coming. We're all doomed to be slaves, no matter what we do. The signs of coming chaos are all around us.

So if it's time for choosing sides, and to show this dirty city how we do the Jersey Slide And if they deserve a better class of criminal, then I'm'a give it to them tonight So we'll rally around the flag, rally around the flag Rally around the flag, boys, rally once again, shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom Rally around the flag, rally around the flag Glory, glory, Hallelujah, His truth is marching on
It's time to take a stand, and I'll do whatever it takes to protect my home. We'll gather together and fight for our freedom, using the power of our collective voice to save ourselves from destruction.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation I am in earnest I will not equivocate, I will not excuse I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard
I won't hold back on the truth or compromise on justice. I take this matter seriously and won't back down or make excuses. My voice will be heard loud and clear.