Child's Passage

A dark-skinned teen and white parents
travel the rails from coast to coast,
following the trail of a Buffalo Soldier.

We see his hat with a bullet clean through,
shoot first, ask questions later.
At Mt. Rushmore we'll surely snap a picture

of the four faces being eroded by the wind.
We'll go to Graceland to see the costumes Elvis wore
when he pocketed southern black soul.

Also in Memphis, the Lorraine Motel,
where the real King went out in glory.