Watchlist In The Pines

Verse 1

Up in Maine where the cold winds blow,

Observers stood in the morning snow,

Watching agents enforce the line,

Just bearing witness, no crime, no sign.

But DHS came and stared them down,

Said, "You're a threat to this quiet town."

Chorus

They called them domestic terrorists,

Just for standing, just for watching this.

Said they'd add their names onto a list,

A database where the truth gets missed.

Now a class action's rising in the mist—

Watchlist in the pines, it comes to this.

Verse 2

Immigration sweeps along the coast,

The ones who watched became the ghost,

Tracked and followed, intimidated,

Constitutional rights, they say, were violated.

A federal suit now tells the tale,

Of citizens silenced without bail.

Chorus

They called them domestic terrorists,

Just for standing, just for watching this.

Said they'd add their names onto a list,

A database where the truth gets missed.

Now a class action's rising in the mist—

Watchlist in the pines, it comes to this.

Verse 3

The lawsuit says DHS went wrong,

Illegally tracking all along,

The observers never raised a fist,

But wound up on a so-called watchlist.

In the land of the brave and free,

Who's watching those who watch, you see?

Bridge

Somewhere in a federal file,

A name gets logged, erased of smile.

Maine remembers, Maine won't forget,

The price of silence and the threat.

When bearing witness is a crime,

Who stands for freedom down the line?

Chorus

They called them domestic terrorists,

Just for standing, just for watching this.

Said they'd add their names onto a list,

A database where the truth gets missed.

Now a class action's rising in the mist—

Watchlist in the pines, it comes to this.

Inspired by real events. Names, details, and narrative may be fictionalized.