200 YEARS AGO

I am not Lafayette
Cause I came to this to late
I would have liked to live to share his fate
Wow, what a time
Just simply,simply great
But I’m 200 years too late

I am not Mr. Jefferson
Who made freedom sound like fun
Yet he knew from the start what should be done
The rights of men and justice are his sons
200 years ago we won

I am not Mr. De Rochambeau
Who helped conquer the foe
At Yorktown when he struck the final blow
George and he laid the English army low
Only 200 years ago

I am not one of them
No, just a brother and a friend
Being with these fellows
Must have been the end

In 200 years
Will they be as proud of us ?
That’s the one wish I make
The one wish I make
The one wish I make for us