You may have seen my performances of Merle Haggard’s “Here comes the Freedom Train” in Saint Louis at the Gateway Arch National Park. Most of what I sing is right from the original song, but I am adding an additional verse for 2022:
[Verse]
In 22, the Russians struck, Zelenskyy said, “WTF”
The people filled the streets, shut the banks, and shot the tanks.
[Chorus]
All aboard America, Here comes the freedom train.
All aboard America, Here comes the freedom train.
The freedom train is rolling through two hundred years of track,
Two hundred years of glory, never to look back.
This train is called America, your ticket is a dream.
[Verse]
In 23, the Israelis were taken, and America was sorely shaken.
The bombs rained down on Gaza, as the soldiers stood by, and the mothers cried.
[Verse]
In Twenty Far, we got Sinwar, and that is what the war was far.
Oh, yeah the hostages, oh, yeah.
