In America's past came a financial disaster
Value and savings were deleted in a flash
A catastrophe caused by great greed
Banks failed, companies bankrupt
The phrase used was Great Depression
America became the land of lost dreams
The damage wasn't just during the event
It followed through successive generations
False valued stocks and bonds were lies
The rich survived by selling legacies
By retreating until it was over
The rest survived by force of will
But being poor was a status
That was despised, still
Especially at a time of history
When it was believed that
One's labor could make one exalted
