Lyrics I Took A Walk - Shawn Phillips

I Took A Walk

I took a walk through the fields of America\nI’ll tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and erotica\nI saw a man in pain crying to be free\nChildren in the rain, yelling out their glee\nWell, singers on the plain, fused in harmony\nHey, oh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nPeople I have seen in the streets and communities\nRunning in a mortal fear of the violence and its companies\nI saw a man in hand flying to the moon\nWell, a rich man of the lands dying all too soon\nI say people in the bands you really ought to learn this tune\nHey, oh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nI took a walk through the fields of America\nI’ll tell you what I saw\nI saw a murder in a place called Attica\nI saw a man called power\nWho said you’ve got to fit my vision\nI saw a man called law\nSaid if you don’t I’m going to put you in the prison\nI saw a man called peace\nWho was shaking with the laughter of derision\nHey, oh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they’re gonna to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they’re gonna to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nI took a walk through the fields of America\nI’ll tell you what I saw\nI saw the blizzards and the tropics\nI saw mountain streams running free and clear, Lord\nCreatures of my dreams so beautiful I shed my tears\nYou great and wondrous land\nI wonder why you cannot hear me now\nHey, oh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America, they want to love you\nPlease be true to thee\nOh America\nAmerica, America, America, America, America\nAmerica, America, America, America, America\nAmerica, America, America, America, America