Right Side Of History
The past is a place that is so far away
From anything we might experience today
But thankfully now we can truthfully say
We stand on the right side of history
It's well understood that we mustn't be faced
With issues we'll probably view with distaste
How anything – everything – can be defaced
When you're on the right side of history
Opinions, philosophies, practices all
(Even when maybe a marginal call!)
Are destined to crumble and finally fall
To those on the right side of history
We'd hate any hint of a racialist slur
Except on the out-and-out entrepreneur
Where we were concerned that their politics were
Not quite on the right side of history
It's brilliant, being so free to attack
Those who we know never really fight back
Convinced as we can be that all that they lack
Is being on the right side of history
Democracy gives us our own wrecking ball
To hammer down hard on society's wall
That's truly the present we prize most of all
With being on the right side of history
"Believers! Advance and proclaim your ideals
With wind in your sails and with wings on your heels
You can't underestimate how good it feels
To be on the right side of history!
Heads will be shaven, dissenters disgraced
Deviants all must be hunted and traced
Unorthodox heresies will be replaced
By those on the right side of history"
One unspoken fear that we never will say
Is, maybe a couple of decades away
Folks might deride what we're doing today
In the name of the right side of history
So maybe some character with his guitar
Will sing of what wonderful people we are
If that ever happens, he'll surely go far
By being on the right side of history
From anything we might experience today
But thankfully now we can truthfully say
We stand on the right side of history
It's well understood that we mustn't be faced
With issues we'll probably view with distaste
How anything – everything – can be defaced
When you're on the right side of history
Opinions, philosophies, practices all
(Even when maybe a marginal call!)
Are destined to crumble and finally fall
To those on the right side of history
We'd hate any hint of a racialist slur
Except on the out-and-out entrepreneur
Where we were concerned that their politics were
Not quite on the right side of history
It's brilliant, being so free to attack
Those who we know never really fight back
Convinced as we can be that all that they lack
Is being on the right side of history
Democracy gives us our own wrecking ball
To hammer down hard on society's wall
That's truly the present we prize most of all
With being on the right side of history
"Believers! Advance and proclaim your ideals
With wind in your sails and with wings on your heels
You can't underestimate how good it feels
To be on the right side of history!
Heads will be shaven, dissenters disgraced
Deviants all must be hunted and traced
Unorthodox heresies will be replaced
By those on the right side of history"
One unspoken fear that we never will say
Is, maybe a couple of decades away
Folks might deride what we're doing today
In the name of the right side of history
So maybe some character with his guitar
Will sing of what wonderful people we are
If that ever happens, he'll surely go far
By being on the right side of history
Credits
Writer(s): Trevor Midgley
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