Ask & Tell

Follow the cadence left right step Now everyone is allowed to step You didn't ask me what you didn't want to hear But now we can tell you loud and clear Camouflage covers more than troops in the brush The red laser dots aimed right towards us Uncle Sam wanted you, but didn't want me Well that's too bad for him, we can cure disease Big brother Uncle Sam, you are missing out On the best of America's strength Cuz when you're gay in America You go to great lengths to win all your battles Coming out of the shadows Infiltrate the base, rainbows in space Give the boys a taste of the citizens they waste Closet doors blown off, freedom no longer is lost Keep the pressure on them Patrick Murphy led the cause Secrets are kept while the government accepts Mistreatment of its people as if its okay to expect That gays can't fight, we'll distract the men at night But that's a stereotype so lets get this right Ask and tell we won't burn in hell Read the constitution and brainstorm a resolution Lightning crashes like rifles through the hummers in the summer Our anger was building While the army was killing Chances of success when they refuse to make gay vets Suppressing rights and freedom but we no longer will let Them refuse hard working men and women At the army station Or endorse segregation like a pre-Lincoln nation Like a pre-Lincoln nation This is the free nation March for our rights Bring strength to the fight We will no longer be silent The truth is in sight Crazy accusations on radio stations It's about time we were getting impatient Fought for our own country It's still our country too Obama, Mr. Murphy I'm passing the torch to you Keep the flame blazed or I will come and save What democracy protects, who we vote for and elect We'll meet their fire with our light Extinguish hate collaborate And demonstrate, demonstrate that we're right We're entering a fight of the minds and at night But our spirits' tight all things good and right My freedom to speak, my freedom to think Haters meet your fate cuz soon all hate will be extinct Hate will be extinct This is just what I think We're on the brink So uh, what's next? Gay marriage? I do