Whatever Happened ©®
by Randy Lee (3.16.13)

Jack and Jill
Live down the hill
On the bad side of the tracks
After years of all that fetchin’
Jack lost I will …aint comin’ back
He says Baby, I think we’re crazy
To carry this water up there no more
When we started, it all made sense
Things just aint like they was before
Folk don’t wanna work for they livin’
They just wanna collect that easy pay
Just sit ‘round on they assets
Won’t even put they grocery cart away

Whatever happened…
To standing on your own two feet?
Whatever happened…
To getting up when you get knocked down?
Whatever happened…
To expecting folk to pay their own way?
Whatever happened…
To my Daddy’s USA?

Mary grew
Quite contrary
Don’t plant a garden anymore
Got herself on that Food Stamp program
Don’t see the need to plant no more
She tells her children
That’s how it works
In this day and time
Its only fair…we get ourselves up in that line
Folk don’t wanna work for they livin’
They just wanna collect that easy pay
Just sit ‘round on they assets
Won’t even put they grocery cart away

Whatever happened…
To standing on your own two feet?
Whatever happened…
To getting yourself up when you fall down?
Whatever happened…
To expecting folk to pay their own way?
Whatever happened…
To my Daddy’s USA?

When Grand Dad got back from the great war,
Things were slower then they was before,
But he knew he’d sooner sell his very soul,
Than to ever consider gettin’ on that dole…

Whatever happened…
To standing on your own two feet?
Whatever happened…
To getting yourself up when you fall down?
Whatever happened…
To expecting folk to pay their own way?
Whatever happened…
To my Grand Dad’s USA?