"Progress" lyrics

"Progress"

There's a hole in this country where its heart used to be
And Old Glory's divided, on fire in the street
They say Building Back Better will make America great
If that's a wave of the future, all I've got to say

Stick your progress where the sun don't shine
Keep your big mess away from me and mine
If you leave us alone, well we'd all be just fine
Stick your progress where the sun don't shine

They invite the whole world to come live in our land
And leave our countrymen dying in Afghanistan
They say let go of Jesus and let government save
You can have back your freedoms if you do what we say

Stick your progress where the sun don't shine
Keep your big mess away from me and mine
If you leave us alone, well we'd all be just fine
Stick your progress where the sun don't shine

They shut down our pipelines and they shut down our voices
They shut down our Main Streets and they shut down our choices
They bent us all over, but it's all over now
'Cause we've figured it out, we ain't backing down

Stick your progress where the sun don't shine
Keep your big mess away from me and mine
If you leave us alone, well we'd all be just fine
Stick your progress where the sun don't shine
Where the sun don't shine
Where the sun don't shine
Where the sun don't shine


Thanks to Bobby Gray for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): John Rich, Vicky McGehee, Jeffery Steele
"Progress" and its music video were released on Truth Social and Rumble platforms on the 22nd of July, 2022. John Rich wrote on social media upon the release, "Felt good to beat the machine today:) Thanks to all of you for the massive support! We are making good #Progress #NumberOne #Worldwide."
"Here I am with no record label, no publisher, no marketing deal," John Rich told after this song topped the charts and out-performed Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Kate Bush. "It is bypassing this machine that they've built, going right around the machine, going right to the people."
Speaking of the idea behind "Progress", John Rich stated, "I, like you, have been watching and living through the systematic destruction of our country. And in the name of progress, we see our border is standing wide open. And in the name of their progress we see our children targeted. And in the name of progress we see crime coast to coast like we've never seen it before. And in the name of progress we see people wanting to take our rights away to defend ourselves and our families as we see fit. And so on and so forth in the name of progress. And it just struck me as such an ironic thing that everything they claim to be progressive is actually regressive, it's actually destructive. It's the opposite which is kinda like they want to do as we're all learning now."
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