Browne Jackson For America Lyrics

For America Lyrics

As if I really didn't understand
That I was just another part of thir
plan
I went off looking for the promise
Believing in the
Motherland
And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
And the safety of my
own head
I went out speaking of the future
While other people fought and
bled
The kid I was when I first left home
Was looking for his freedom and
a life of his own
But the freedom that found wasn't quite as sweet
When
the truth was known
I have prayed for America
I was made for
America
It's in my blood and in my bones
By the dawn's early light
By
all I know is right
We're going to reap what we have sown
As if freedom
was a question of might
As if loyalty was black and white
You hear people
say all the time--
"My country wrong or right"
I want to know what that't
got to do
With what it takes to find out what's true
With everyone from
the President on down
Trying to keep it from you
The thing I wonder about
the Dads and Moms
Who send their sons to the Vietnams
Will they really
think their way of life
Has been protected as the next war comes?
I have
prayed for America
I was made for America
Her shining dream plays in my
mind
By the rockets' red glare
A generation's blank stare
We better
wake her up this time
The kid I was when I first left home
Was looking
for his freedom and a life of his own
But the freedom that he found wasn't
quite as sweet
When the truth was known
I have prayed for America
I
was made for America
I can't let go till she comes around
Until the land
of the free
Is awake and can see
Until her conscience has been found