John Wayne – The Hyphen Lyrics
JOHN WAYNEThe Hyphen Lyrics
The Hyphen, Webster’s Dictionary defines,
Is a symbol used to divide a compound word or a single
word.
So it seems to me that when a man calls himself
An “Afro-American,” a “Mexican-American,” “Italian-
American,”
An “Irish-American,” “Jewish-American,”
What he’s sayin’ is, “I’m a divided American.”
Well, we all came from other places,
Different creeds and different races,
To form a nation…to become as one.
Yet look at the harm a line has done–
A simple little line, and yet
As divisive as a line can get.
A crooked cross the Nazis flew,
And the Russian hammer and sickle too–
Time bombs in the lives of Man;
But none of these could ever fan
The flames ...