HELL NO in There! ~ A SOEM

(aka the Failure of the NOKO/Trump Repatriation)

  Said the poet in prine;

  We had an apartment in the city
  Me and Loretta liked living there
  Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
  A life of their own left us alone
  John and Linda live in Omaha
  And Joe is somewhere on the road
  We lost Davy in the Korean war
  And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore

  Said the poet in limine;

  We had a patriot in the Oval
  Me and Sister liked Obama leading there
  Well, it’d been fear since Trump tyranny has grown
  A love with Kim Jong UN, left us all alone
  Lies and Treason live in Harmony
  And Truth is on a dead-end road
  Daddy is still lost in that Korean war
  And so the score, soldier remains matter even more

  Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger
  And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day
  Old people just grow lonesome
  Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"

  Ya’ know that lost soldier wait just grows longer
  And 55 flags show nothing new ev-ry day
  Trump’s promises just grow loathsome
  Waiting for the repatriated to say, “Hello I’m here, hello”

  Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
  She sits and stares through the back door screen
  And all the news just repeats itself
  Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen

  Me and Sister, we don’t hold hope much more
  We sit and stare through that backdoor dream
  And still no news our lost soldier’s soul
  Like some forsaken lien that seeks our screams

  Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
  We worked together at the factory
  But what could I say if asks "What's new?"
  "Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do"

  Someday I’ll go call on Miss Liberty
  She worked so hard with resiliency
  But what could she say this Repatriation news
  “Nothing left to do, nothing we were fooled”

  So if you're walking down the street sometime
  And spot some hollow ancient eyes
  Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
  As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello"

  So you wait in vain for soldier dad’s remains
  And hermit sends hollow bones of eaten dogs
  Please don’t take Kim or Trump at their word
  As they don’t really care, “HELL No beware, be scared”

(Songwriters: John Prine as “prine”)