Any prayer a class recites,

now violates the Bill of Rights;

Any time my head I bow,

becomes a federal matter now.

Teach us of stars or pole and equator,

but make no mention of their Creator.

Tell of experts in Denmark or Sweden,

but not a word of Eve or Eden.

The law is specific, the law is precise,

praying out loud is no longer nice;

Praying aloud in a public hall,

upsets believers in nothing at all.

In silence alone can we meditate,

and if God should get credit, well, that's great.

This rule, however, has one gimmick in it,

you have to be finished in less than a minute.

So all I ask is a minute of quiet,

and if I feel like praying then maybe I'll try it;

If not, O Lord, this one plea I make:

Should I die in school, my soul you'll take.