Beware

Step right on up, take a good, good look
 At the latest pie that fate could cook
 This is no phenom, no supermarket guru
 Just a revelation from me to you
 So don't believe a thing that you might hear
 At least from the last thirty, forty years
 'Cause it wasn't long ago just before the reign of Nero
 We had no concept of zero
 So beware, children beware, the devil may care
 Six little soldiers with stripes on their shoulders
 Never with a thought to dare
 So take aim, children take aim
 The drill sergeant sang
 With ample perspiration ordered
 Stop your respiration
 And end the flow of oxygen to the brain
 So wake up sleepyhead, listen what I have to say
 As you near, near your Independence Day
 Just keep in mind, in time you'll find so few
 Have your best interests in mind
 So don't believe a thing that you might hear
 At least from the last thirty, forty years
 'Cause is wasn't long ago just before the reign of Nero
 We had no concept of zero, none at all
 So beware
 The devil may care
 And maybe he's the only one