Raise My Hand

I HAVE A DISEASE CALLED “RAISE MY HAND”
AND IT USUALLY GETS ME IN DEEP TROUBLE
BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET BRAVE AND DO IT
PROBLEMS, THEY SOMEHOW ALWAYS GET DOUBLED

IN SCHOOL I WOULD SOMETIMES RAISE MY HAND
THINKING OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I KNEW
THEN A MOMENT OF SHEER PANIC WOULD SET IN
CAUSING DUMBNESS, THE ANSWER I’D HAVE NO CLUE

I’VE BEEN CHOSEN TO PLAY ON SPORTS TEAMS
PICKED FROM MANY IN LINE WE WOULD STAND
I HAVE VOTED WHEN THE OUTCOME WAS DECIDED
BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF RAISED HANDS

THE PHYSICAL FOR MILITARY SERVICE I TOOK
I FAILED, BACK ISSUES, COULDN’T SERVE THIS LAND
IF PASSED, NAVY BOUND I WOULD HAVE BEEN
WOULD HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, RAISED MY HAND

AT WORK I HAVE GOOFED, LIFTED IT UP
THEN WAS GIVEN TASKS BOTH NASTY AND BAD
AT CHURCH I WOULD SOMETIMES VOLUNTEER
DOING THE LORD’S WORK WOULD MAKE ME GLAD

IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING LIFE’S DECISIONS
YOU MUST TAKE A STAND, RAISE YOUR HAND
FOR THERE WILL COME A TIME, IT ALWAYS DOES
WHEN YOU MUST RAISE YOUR HAND, BE A MAN

Thursday, June 23, 2022