My Last Goodbye

The sights I've seen and the fights that there's been,

And now I can't believe what I am seeing.

After so much pain and so much gain,

This wild dog now admits it's finally been tamed.

I can recall standing so proudly and defiant,

Just a small man against an evil twisted giant.

But soon more came and at least it did look to me,

That a new dawn was coming, the dawn of the free.

Drowning in the tears of this dying race,

I take a final look around this glorious place.

Now my last goodbye as I turn and walk away,

I did the best I could but I couldn�t save the day.

Victory after victory that�s how our river flows,

But one day a battle�s lost, that�s how this story goes.

And I watched the heads go down, friends turn and walk away,

And I watched a darkened cloud descend upon our day.

So now I�m standing all alone and I am wondering why,

So many of our kind can watch our nation die.

Now I'll roam forever sad and so ashamed,

And the honest truth is, we are all to blame.