CHANGE

WHEN YOU SPEAK OF CHANGE,
IN THE LODGE IN YOUR TOWN,
DO YOU HEAR THE SAME RESPONSE
AND THE SAME TIRED SOUNDS,

WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE CHANGES,
WE'RE JUST FINE THE WAY WE ARE,
DON'T GO MESSING WITH THINGS,
THAT MIGHT UPSET THE APPLE CART.

DO THEY SCORN AT MEETINGS,
IDEAS THAT SOUND TOO NEW,
DO THEY MAKE YOU FEEL ALONE,
IF THE IDEA IS FROM YOU.

DO THEY ALWAYS USE THE PHRASE,
ABOUT THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN,
IF WE KEEP ON MAKING CHANGES,
IT WON'T BE A LODGE FOR MEN.

DO YOU SOMETIMES GET THE FEELING,
THEIR WORLD IS IN THOSE CHAIRS,
WHERE THEY'VE BECOME STAGNATE,
AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T CARE.

THEIR HEARTS ARE EVER PRESENT,
AND THEY KNOW THE WORK SO WELL,
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STORIES,
THAT ALL OF THEM COULD TELL.

OH IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH,
WHEN YOU THINK IT'S JUST A SEAT,
BUT IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT,
IT'S OUR FUTURE AT THEIR FEET.

SOME LODGES HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT,
IN OUR EVER CHANGING RELATIONS,
THEY ARE GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS,
CAUSE THEY'VE EMBRACED MODERNIZATION.

OUR WORLD IS EVER CHANGING,
AND NOW AT A FASTER PACE,
WE MUST NOT BE LEFT BEHIND,
CAUSE MASONRY HAS ITS PLACE.

OUR STANDARDS ARE OF THE HIGHEST,
OF ANY ORDER THROUGH OUT THE LAND,
OUR BONDS ARE THE STRENGTH AND SUPPORT,
THAT KEEPS HARMONY IN THE HEARTS OF MAN.

WE MUST KEEP OUR STANDARDS HIGH,
THAT'S A VITAL PART OF OUR PAST,
BUT WE MUST EMBRACE THE FUTURE,
IF OUR FRATERNITY IS GOING TO LAST.
Ben Steen copyright October 4, 2003