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You, I and Jimmy Sunshine! by Rev. Dr. Fred M. Lessonde
You, I and Jimmy Sunshine! by Rev. Dr. Fred M. Lessonde
I remember the Day I Met Jimmy Sunshine
Years ago now walking down a street
I stopped to have get a shoe shine
That is the blessed day I go to meet
A young man named Jimmy Sunshine
Now we had the day off and so I was a walking
Decided to have a shoe shine and do some talking
Met this young shoe shine boy who knew his stuff
Sure knew how to shine shoes and give them a buff
Yet there was much more to this young man
For he was blind and did what he knew he can
Shine them shoes is what I do he told me
For me and for you even though I cannot see
I have to do what I can for me and for mine
Cannot see but my name is Jimmy Sunshine
Shine your shoes and collect my pay
Shine me good so you will come back another day
Now we all have our lot in life and you can see mine
I get up and go to make a living and I do just fine
Mister Jimmy said to me, I do this cause I am free
to make a living and doing just fine you see
I said Jimmy next time I get off I will be back
I will get my shoes shined so you wont lack
That was 40 years ago now, shoe shining is a lost art
Jimmy doesn't shine shoes anymore, he's lost heart
As it is now things are far from fine
It is amazing what has happened over time
I will always remember my friend Jimmy Sunshine
A proud young blind man once quite sublime
Who would have thought our Nation would despise
All those who aspire to work another day, another sunrise
Who would have dreamed the "American Dream" would die
Only the Ones who caused it laugh and do not cry
The hopes, dreams, aspirations of the many in this Nation
Have dissipated and seems to have all gone on Vacation
Drugs, perversion, greed, envy, backstabbing and the whole lot
Seems that is what most have now that is all they have got
My friend Jimmy well he is as old as me and still cannot see
Yet, like me, he can see in his disheartened way how bad its become
For we are no longer self reliant and it is sad what all will be
For going the way its going not much hope for most, only some
The wealthy will get wealthier and the poor just more poor
For greed, cruelty, and deliberate ignorance have seized the day
Our once Proud Nation has been sold out shore to shore
Our Leaders are out of touch and no longer care for our Way
Our Constitution and our Values are considered outdated and Old
People like you, me and Jimmy Sunshine now get the picture
As we lived in a time when things were not so cruel and cold
When people were still people, not treated like animals, for sure
We no longer have a leadership in which God they Trust
We are all viewed as sheep to serve them we must
Better to be like Patrick Henry of old and die for the cause
Than to live under Tyranny and all of its freedom taking Laws
Now that is my take on this whole Treasonous matter
You can sit sadly by and watch your Country actually die
Or you can do what you can to stop the Treacherous Adder
Remember it will soon be too late and it will do no good to cry!
©Fred Monte Lessonde, 2014
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