Rome Wasn’t Ruined in a Day

Rome wasn’t ruined in a day

No, Rome wasn’t ruined in a day

It took x years

To get that way

Despite my fears

I hate to say

It may take y years

But we’re heading that way

A parent’s greatest fears

A child’s reality some day

So wake up now

Start changing today

Don’t wait to be told

By hindsight, why

Wake now, don’t wait

For freedom’s twilight

Stoke its flame

Keep it burning bright

Help your children’s children

Dream and sleep peaceful at night

Because Rome wasn’t ruined in a day

It took years of allowing things to go the wrong way

And that didn’t lessen the price that they paid

No, Rome wasn’t ruined in just one day

Now only the ruins have not gone away

We’ve got to do

Whatever it takes

To learn from them

To learn from mistakes

But how can there be

Someone smart enough around

While making a politically correct point

To dumbing ourselves down

The world is shrinking

It has gotten smaller

And, there’s no escaping that

We’ve got to start thinking, get smarter

To recognize, face, and stand up to the fact

Competition is no longer measured

On a coast to coast scale

It is sea to sea, pole to pole

And recognizing this is critical

It has come to pass or fail

You have to jump on the smart train

Or lay your head on the rail

Because in order to adjust the swing

The scale returns to balance

That puts us on the downward swing

Don’t leave our fates to chance

Don’t leave ignorance to blame

Because, though Rome wasn’t ruined in a day

It was ruined, just the same

Yeah, Rome wasn’t ruined in a day

But it was ruined just the same