Heroes for Today

Many of the ideas and words for this song were adapted from articles on Townhall Media news and commentary sites.

The Soul of America lyrics

If there’s one thing I’ve learnedI’ve learned in politicsThat when you winIt’s never as good as it seemsAnd when you loseIt’s never as bad as it seems

The war for the soulThe soul of AmericaThat war is far from over

For some inexplicable reasonMost politicians utterly appearIncapable of making a caseA case for great ideasA case for timeless wisdomA case for inarguable results

The war for the soulThe soul of AmericaThat war is far from over

Housing is expensive?Make construction easierEnergy is expensive?Produce more energyNeed to compete with China?Encourage American investment

The war for the soulThe soul of AmericaThat war is far from over

The DSA doesn’t understandHow affordable goodsHow abundant energyHow economic prosperityHow any of theseAre actually produced

The war for the soulThe soul of AmericaThat war is far from over

How does packing the Supreme CourtHow do impeachmentsHow do investigationsHow do freebiesHow do any of theseImprove the lives of Americans?

The war for the soulThe soul of AmericaThat war is far from overThat war is far from over

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This song was inspired by a few articles on Townhall Media. I adapted elements of those articles into the lyrics. The refrain was created by me.

The DSA Way lyrics

If the government determinesDetermines what is right or wrongThen you have the HolocaustThen you have the Killing FieldsThen you have the purgesThen you have the guillotines

It leads to desecrationIt leads to desolationIt is the DSA way

Democrats will overreachWill try to enshrine transing kidsWill try to give illegals the right to voteWill try to support abortion until birthIt’s just a vicious cycle of DCGiving America the middle finger

It leads to desecrationIt leads to desolationIt is the DSA way

They want to re-open our bordersTo all the drug-traffickersTo all the sex-traffickersTo all the jihadistsTo all the career criminalsThe people they have a soft spot

It leads to desecrationIt leads to desolationIt is the DSA way

Depending on how farHow far they push the envelopeIt could do severe damageBecause their insanity can only go so farBefore it collapses under its own weightAnd collapse it will

It leads to desecrationIt leads to desolationIt is the DSA way

Socialism and Marxism always failThey lead to mass murderThey lead to starvationThey lead to purgesThey lead to declineThey lead to third world living

They lead to desecrationThey lead to desolationIt is the DSA way

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This song is adapted from actor Eric Dane’s memoir My Book of Days and his interview in a recent issue of People magazine.

Overdose Overcome lyrics

Mainly I did drugsI got highI got stonedI got wastedI shot upI freebased

I did boozeI did potI did acidI did heroinI did cocaineI did mushroomsI did mescalineI did crystal methI did crackI did painkillersFistfuls of painkillersBuckets of painkillersI did VicodinI did PercocetI did OxyContinYou name itEverything on the marketAll the muscle relaxersAll the uppers

My body goes to shitI drop to 170 poundsMy face caves inMy eyes cloud upI look gauntI wasted away

But I came backFor my wifeAnd my kidsI came back

This I knowNever give upNo matter what happensFight until your last breath

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Adapted from the poem On Nature by Parmenides of Elea, a Greek philosopher. The refrain is my contribution.

Source: David Solway’s Interlude of Truth (https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2026/11/01/interlude-on-truth-n4958902)

On Nature lyrics

You shall know the whole of the skyAll the figures thereinThe splendid works of the sunOf the burning sun’s pure torchAnd how the works came to be

Study wellPlay wellLive wellSpeak wellAnd come home to Truth

You shall learn as well of the moonOf the wandering deedsThe deeds of the orbiting moonAnd of the moon’s glory.

Study wellPlay wellLive wellSpeak wellAnd come home to Truth

You shall know the heavensThat encircle us with lightHow they came to beHow Truth took them andHow Truth bound themTo keep the rightful limits of the stars

Study wellPlay wellLive wellSpeak wellAnd come home to Truth

How the earthAnd the sunAnd the moonAnd the heavensAnd the Milky WayAnd the home of TruthAnd the celestial might of the starsHow all these came to be

Study wellPlay wellLive wellSpeak wellAnd come home to Truth

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This song was adapted and expanded from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address.

Our Better Angels lyrics

We cannot separateWe cannot remove ourselvesWe cannot build an impassableAn impassable wall between usLet us preserve our unionLet us defend our union

We are not enemiesWe are friends, forever friendsWe must not be enemiesThough passion may have strainedThat passion must not break our bondsOur bonds of true affection

The mystic chords of memorystretching from every battlefieldAnd from every patriot graveTo every living heartAnd to every hearthstoneAll over this broad land

These chords will yet swellSwell the chorus of the UnionWhen again touchedAs surely they will beBy the better angelsThe better angels of our nature

These chords will yet swellSwell the chorus of the UnionWhen again touchedAs surely they will beBy the better angelsThe better angels of our nature

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Marxism Sucks is adapted from a column written by Allen West on Townhall.com. Source: https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/10/19/the-political-shapeshifters-n2684864.

Marxism Sucks lyrics

Marxism sucksSocialism is the creed of ignoranceSocialism is the philosophy of failureSocialism is the gospel of envy

Leftists always promise a utopiaA utopia of free stuffWhich results in an equal sharingAn equal sharing of misery

Leftists can’t just admit to thatThis is why for HalloweenThe biggest ghoulsThe biggest goblinsThe scariest spectersAre political shapeshiftersOf the Marxist left in AmericaThey promise treatsBut end up tricking you

You can defy themNever careLaugh at themThey’ve got nothing

Marxism sucksSocialism is the creed of ignoranceSocialism is the philosophy of failureSocialism is the gospel of envy

Marxism sucksSocialism is the creed of ignoranceSocialism is the philosophy of failureSocialism is the gospel of envy

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This song borrows some words from an article I read (but I lost the link to that). The rest of the song is based on words I wrote (the midsection).

Fighters lyrics

The fighters who make historyAre the ones who dare to be greatThe great ones don’t read historyThe great ones make history

Where are all the good boys?The incredible womenThe close friendsThe loyal team membersThe great leadersSadlyThey are all up in heavenUp in heaven with GodThey fought the good fightAnd lostThey lost everything

The fighters who make historyAre the ones who dare to be greatThe great ones don’t read historyThe great ones make history

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This song is adapted from an article written by Scott Pinsker for PJ Media. Source: https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/10/13/why-the-midterm-polling-is-absolutely-positively-100-wrong-maybe-n4958269. This we know: Nobody Knows Nothin’.

Nobody Knows Nothin’

When we crack the veneerOf scientific-sounding statsOf scientific-sounding numbersOf scientific-sounding probabilitiesBoth weather forecastersAnd fake-news pollstersUse the exact same languageIt’s kind of eerie

Because the God’s honest truth isNobody knows nothin’

Our world runs on incentive structuresYour values and goalsThey drive your decision-makingIt’s a fundamental tenetA tenet of free market capitalism

Because the God’s honest truth isNobody knows nothin’

The trouble isOur incentive structuresCan also lead us astrayLow-hanging fruitSocioeconomic pressuresAnd instant gratificationCloud our judgment

Because the God’s honest truth isNobody knows nothin’

Instead of strivingStriving for long-term accuracyWe settle for short-term accoladesBecause the God’s honest truth isNobody knows nothin’

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This song is adapted from Brandon Morse’s article, Comedy Is Not Ruled by Committee and That’s Why the Left Hates It (https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/10/15/comedy-is-not-ruled-by-committee-and-thats-why-the-left-hates-it-n2208169)

Comedy Can Be lyrics

Comedy can be, comedy can beOne of the greatest weaponsGreatest weapons for goodThe world has ever known

Comedy can access people’s heartsComedy can access people’s mindsThat severity just can’t doAnd comedy can cause people to welcomeWelcome perspectivesThat they would’ve been hesitantTo engage with normally

Also, and I’d sayThis is the most important partThe most important part for societyComedy slays sacred cowsComedy slays in a wayIn a way that debateAnd in a way logic just can’t do

Safe comedy isn’t funnyIt’s propaganda with a laugh trackEither everything can be joked aboutOr nothing can be joked about

Comedy can be, comedy can beOne of the greatest weaponsGreatest weapons for goodThe world has ever known

Comedy slays sacred cowsComedy slays in a wayIn a way that debateAnd in a way logic just can’t do

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This song is based on a few quotes from Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter, and actress. God bless this great singer. So many people lover her and will miss her.

Here are the Dolly Parton quotes incorporated into this song.

I’m willing to get up early. I’m willing to stay up late. I just feel like it’s my duty, it’s my job and my joy.

Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.

For a dream to come true, you gotta put legs and wings and feet and hands and thought into it.

I always want to do things that I can be proud to talk about, things that I believe in.

I do the best I can every day, and I’m going to enjoy my life. Some people work at being miserable. I work at being happy.

I just love people. When I look at the audience, I see my family. I see the God light, the goodness, in everybody, even if they can’t see it.

I just think we need to love one another. I think we need to try a little harder. We need to be a little kinder. We need to be a little smarter. We need to have more love and compassion.

I pray all the time. I wait for an answer, and I go by that feeling. I will quit when God tells me to quit, and I won’t quit any time before that.

God had a bigger purpose for me, and I had bigger dreams of my own.

Dolly Parton: In Memoriam

I’m willing to get up earlyI’m willing to stay up lateI just feel like it’s my dutyIt’s my job and my joy

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

For a dream to come trueYou gotta put legs and wings into itAnd put feet and hands into itAnd put thought into itLots of actionAnd lots of thought

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

I always want to do thingsThings that I can be proud ofProud to talk aboutThings that I believe in

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

I do the best I can every dayAnd I’m going to enjoy my lifeSome people work at being miserableI work at being happy

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

I just love peopleWhen I look at the audienceI see my familyI see the God lightI see the goodnessI see it in everybodyEven if they can’t see it

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

We need to love one anotherWe need to try a little harderWe need to be a little kinderWe need to be a little smarterWe need to have more loveMore love and more compassion

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

I pray all the timeI wait for an answerAnd I go by that feelingI will quit, I will quitWhen God tells me to quitAnd I won’t quit any timeAny time before that

Dream moreLearn moreCare moreAnd be more

God had a bigger purpose for meAnd I had bigger dreams of my own

Yes, God had a bigger purpose for meAnd I had bigger dreams of my own

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