AMERICA

Song by Jack Murphy
Performed by David Soul

Ex-Marines and winter scenes in 1945
Gee, it was great to be alive.
Soda-jerks in khaki shirts
Fresh back from a war
Safe and sound and well in sight of shore.

All the families were waiting
All the widows were dating
Everyone had grown up so fast
Home at last.

Chorus

Think about America then
She’ll love you if you let her again
We never had it better than when we stick together
We can weather any storm.

Picket lines and protest signs in 1964
Doing our best to stop a war.
Arm-in-arm on a Woodstock farm
Gypsy Angels play
Catching a breeze from Monterey.

All the children were turning
All the ghettos were burning
While the voice told the crowd, so vast
“Free at last!”

Chorus

Think about America then
She’ll love you if you let her again
We never had it better than when we stick together

Bridge

Cold wind; the river’s frozen over
Storm clouds rolling in again.
No one around that she can turn to
She used to have so many friends.

All on her own now
All the children are grown now
All that’s left of the brave and the free
Is you and me.

Chorus

Think about America then
She’ll love you if you let her again
We never had it better than when we stick together

Think about America then
She’ll love you if you let her again
We never had it better than when we stick together!

Repeat chorus