On your watch

 On your watch

The woman who 

discovered liberty 

said it was always 

hanging around 

people too scared 

to touch it 

preferring their 

own fears and doubts

She couldn’t wait 

any longer 

her heart wound 

like an alarm 

racing through the city 

on a black stallion 

banging out 

this song 

wake up to what’s happening 

this evil must be stopped 

the world is being poisoned 

here on your watch  

the sheriff he slept soundly 

awakened by a buzz 

straight from the factory offices

of a Mister Albert Crumb 

he said we got trouble 

someone’s found out

the sheriff knew what to do 

a sadistic fool 

he’d shoot out her legs 

then the town could stream 

what he’d do next 

right there on their watch