Titus Andronicus, Okey Canfield Chenoweth III, Nolen Strals - A More Perfect Union lyrics

"From whence shall we expect the
Approach of danger? Shall
Some transatlantic giant step the
Earth and crush
Us at a blow? 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
If destruction be our
Lot, we ourselves must be it's
Author and finisher as
A nation of free men, we will live forever
Or die by suicide"

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?
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 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
And 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!
Whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh
La da da da da da da da da da da, yeah!

I sense the enemy
They're rustling around in the trees
I thought I had gotten away but
The followed me to 02143 oh, woe, woe is me
No one knows the trouble I see
When they hang Jeff Davis
From a sourapple tree
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-mould'ring in the grave
And there's rumbling down in the caves
So if it's time for choosing sides
And to show this dirty city how
We do the Jersey Slide
And if it deserves a better class of criminal
Then I'ma 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

"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"