Blowin' In The Wind

My innocence was lost When I started watching the news How Reagan wanted my Dad to return To the States to receive his SSI cheques After a ten-year struggle to get them Luckily that idea was shoot down By public opinion I don't know when I got sick with pride I guess the too many fights I was sent to The principal's office for Trying to defend America's honour But no more when I discovered Vietnam And how they used the boys like that They were pawns in an unwinnable war Now, how they enslaved a race My innocence was being chipped away Even more when I started to watch a lot of PBS Now, I am blinded with shame I can't look at America with pride anymore Though my heart skips with hope When I see my flag blowin' in the wind