Martin Luther King's Dream

Speak only with your voices

And not the sword

Listen to your leaders

And the words of the Lord.

Shake hands with your brothers

Has been my theme

For I have had a dream.

While fury gathers around you

Provoking you to hate

Remember what I told you

Don't heed the dangled bait.

The leaders of the country

Are speaking much the same

As those who've gone before them

And those who are to blame.

Proclaim a day of mourning

And let the flags fly low

The future is before us

As I have told you so.