Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
 Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
 Never begins it, never, but once engaged...
 Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
   [Chorus:]
   Don't tread on me
       So be it
       Threaten no more
       To secure peace is to prepare for war
       So be it
       Settle the score
       Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
   Don't tread on me
 
 Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
 Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
 Shining with brightness, always on surveillance
 The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
   [Chorus]
   So be it
   Threaten no more
   To secure peace is to prepare for war
 Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
 Once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
   [Chorus]