I'm looking for a few good men,
to build a better lodge,
Where precept taught, tradition lived,
and reason, are enough.
Will one percent want to be true,
and one tenth of them, move?
A handful, who will give their time,
their thought, their work, their love.
Our walk betrays our talk now,
as we live in contradiction.
We stress performance and advancement,
rank and hierarchy.
And piety and charity
with praise and ostentation.
Not contemplation,
understanding and humility.
To love, to help, and to be true,
to seek to know ourselves,
With liberty of conscience,
equal with all human kind:
We must reject all ignorance,
unfairness and pretense,
Leave ego and ambition,
pride and prejudice behind.
to build a better lodge,
Where precept taught, tradition lived,
and reason, are enough.
Will one percent want to be true,
and one tenth of them, move?
A handful, who will give their time,
their thought, their work, their love.
Our walk betrays our talk now,
as we live in contradiction.
We stress performance and advancement,
rank and hierarchy.
And piety and charity
with praise and ostentation.
Not contemplation,
understanding and humility.
To love, to help, and to be true,
to seek to know ourselves,
With liberty of conscience,
equal with all human kind:
We must reject all ignorance,
unfairness and pretense,
Leave ego and ambition,
pride and prejudice behind.
