Refugees of Reason

We Exit

Someone's trying to steal our country.
Someone's paying money – big, big, big time money,
Someone's trying to steal,
Someone's going to steal our country away.

They've taken all we can give —they say.
We've nothing to show, we've no more to give!
They've stolen our wealth, now we've nothing left,
They've cut us off, we can't make more!

Someone says we should be outraged,
Someone says we need to fight – "fight back," they say.
They say we should go our own way,
Someone says too many down east
Take all they can get, and never give back,
They take, take, take.
"Who says?"
"They say!"
"Really?"
"They say."

Someone's trying to steal our country away,
And we can't let 'em.
Someone's paying big money – big, big time money,
Someone's trying to steal,
Someone's trying to steal our country away.

It's our livelihood!
Someone's trying to steal it all away.
Some say "let's leave"
They're shutting us in, they're cutting us off.
Another says, "it's conspiracy" and it's only against us;
They take all they can get and never return!
"Who says?"
"They say!"
"Who says?"
"You know, they say!"

Someone's trying to steal our country away.
Someone's paying big money – big, big time money.
Someone's trying to steal,
They're trying to steal our country away.

They're beside us, they're amongst us,
It's categorically treasonous;
They're all around us,
East of us, south of us, they're e-ven west of us
And thousands of miles away from us.

Yes, someone's trying to steal our country away.
Someone's taking big money – big, big, big time money,
Someone's trying to steal,
Someone's going to steal our country away —
And we can't let 'em!

~gtk

[We have just had a rather divisive election here in Canada. This poem was inspired, not only by the fallout of the election, but also by some of the circumstances, history, and myth preceding the election.]