Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song For America, artist - Jackson Browne. Date of issue: 31.12.1969
Song language: English
For America |
| As if I really didn’t understand |
| That I was just another part of their 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 on 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 he 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 it all the time- |
| «My country wrong or right» |
| I want to know what that’s 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 a 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 |
| And until her conscience has been found |