Let's build a synagogue in Riyadh,
A monastery in Mecca,
A convent near the Kaaba,
Maybe a three-decker.

A sweat lodge in the Kasbah,
And a Buddha in Beirut,
A church in Medina,
With an ashram there to boot.

Some Shinto shrines in Turkey,
A Chabad in the U.A.E.,
Let Wiccans into Iran,
And Baha'i in Abu Dhabi.

Let Amish ride their buggies
Through the streets of Kuwait,
While Qatar invites the Mormons
With the blessings of the state.

Sudan will shelter Druids,
Egypt all things Voodoo,
As Iraqis take in Zoroastrians
And Jehovah's Witnesses, too.

All these folks and many more
Live in the U.S.A.
They worship as they want to,
That's always been our way.

This is tolerance, my friends,
It's not a one-way street.
If it goes in one direction,
It leads only to defeat.

{Coda:
Mosques are built on sacred ground
Where atrocities have been,
To say one thing and make it clear,
To say, "You lose, we win."}