Roll Call of Power

Lyrics

[Intro]

Forty-seven presidencies.
One nation.
One relentless march through history.
Roll call.

[Verse 1]

Washington forged the path, first to lead
Adams held firm while the parties split
Jefferson doubled the land, westward bound
Madison stood through the war, White House burned down

Monroe claimed a hemisphere, lines in the sand
Adams the son, lost the crowd but held the pen
Jackson rode fury, the people’s roar
Van Buren paid debts from the war before

Harrison fell fast, just weeks in
Tyler took power, no party let him in
Polk pushed borders to ocean and shore
Taylor stood hard, then lived no more

Fillmore signed calm in a fractured age
Pierce let it bleed, failed to cage
Buchanan froze as the nation cracked
Lincoln broke chains, never turned back

[Chorus]

Names in stone, thunder rolls
Every choice left scars or gold
Drums of power, voices clash
History moves fast, no looking back

[Verse 2]

Johnson rebuilt, clumsy and torn
Grant crushed the Klan, scandals sworn
Hayes pulled troops, the South reshaped
Garfield struck down, fate escaped

Arthur cleaned house, surprise reform
Cleveland vetoed storms twice born
Harrison raised tariffs high
Cleveland returned, rare double try

McKinley rode steel and war
Roosevelt charged, big stick roar
Taft trusted law, the courts his blade
Wilson led war, League unmade

Harding fell to greed and lies
Coolidge stayed quiet, markets rise
Hoover watched the system break
Roosevelt’s New Deal remade the stakes

[Chorus]

Power turns, the wheel keeps spinning
Every win has ghosts still grinning
From hope to fire, rise to fall
History answers every call

[Verse 3]

Truman dropped bombs, ended hell
Eisenhower built roads where progress fell
Kennedy sparked the hopeful flame
Johnson signed rights, changed the game

Nixon opened China, fell in shame
Ford healed wounds, no time to gain
Carter preached peace, crises grew
Reagan sold hope, the wall broke through

Bush rode war, the Cold War’s end
Clinton balanced books, rules would bend
Bush faced terror, endless fights
Obama broke barriers, historic nights

Trump shook norms, the system bent
Biden spoke of unity, nation split
Trump returned, unheard refrain
Forty-seventh mark, power reclaimed

[Outro]

Same chair.
Different hands.
One nation.
Unfinished plans.