STATUE

STATUE 

The statue of liberty's been torn down
Don’t need it anymore
We do not want your immigrants
and we have locked our door

And now we're sitting in the dark
of selfishness and pride 
Your desolate, your starving poor
must now be crucified

Your huddled masses cannot stay
No one here still cares
We've left our love for folks in need
Our gifts no longer shared
 
Ellis Island is no more
It sank beneath the waves
We built a wall to keep you out
We have become depraved

And God in heaven sees our sin
and measures our disease
The time will come when we will cry
When no one hears our pleas

 And all our rationale and lies
won't save us then from pain
Who thought to turn our hearts away
in pitiless disdain

Oh, God, forgive us for our shame
of boldly turning cold
who have received so much from You
and now will not behold
their need

Words, music, & audio recording
© John Brusseau, 6/6/2026