[Verse 1]
He’s got the flag on a truck bed rack
And a mouth full of spite on repeat
I watch the papers on my breakfast table
Feel the whole wide room lose its seat
We were raised on books and long debates
Not barking at the sky for fun
I want my country in a pressed white shirt
Not dragged through the mud by one
[Pre-Chorus]
I want a town hall voice
I want a library light
I want a future built
With some manners in the fight
[Chorus]
Make it dignified
Make it dignified
I’m begging, baby, make it dignified
No more circus pride
No more poisoned lies
I want America dignified
(oh, dignified)
[Verse 2]
He keeps shouting down the evening news
Like the truth should flinch and fold
But my father taught me facts are facts
And a borrowed mind gets old
I’m sick of red hats, cheap applause
And a grinning hand on the wheel
Give me a mayor with a clean soft voice
And a plan that can be sealed
[Pre-Chorus]
I want a town hall voice
I want a library light
I want a future built
With some manners in the fight
[Chorus]
Make it dignified
Make it dignified
I’m begging, baby, make it dignified
No more circus pride
No more poisoned lies
I want America dignified
(oh, dignified)
[Bridge]
Let the brass play on
For the student and the judge
For the nurse with her lunchbox
For the kid with chalk and smudge
I’m not asking for perfection
Just a grown-up in the room
With a little less smoke
And a little more bloom
[Chorus]
Make it dignified
Make it dignified
I’m begging, baby, make it dignified
No more circus pride
No more poisoned lies
I want America dignified
(oh, dignified)
[Outro]
Give me facts in the air
Give me class in the hall
Give me leaders who can read
And still hear the people call
Make it dignified
Make it dignified