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Current version of Jackson Browne Lyrics For America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jackson-browne/for-america/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 2 of Jackson Browne Lyrics For America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jackson-browne/for-america/v2.htm...) Version 2 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | As if I really didn't understand | As if I really didn't understand, | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | That I was just another part of their plan | That I was just another part of the plan, | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | I went off looking for the promise | I went off looking for the promise, | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Believing in the Motherland | Believing in the Motherland. | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed | From the comfort of a dreamer's bed, | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | And the safety of my own head | And the safety of my own head, | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | I went on speaking of the future | I went on speaking of the future, | 7 | |||||||||||
| 8 | While other people fought and bled | While other people fought and bled. | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | The kid I was when I first left home | The kid I was when I first left home, | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own | Was lookin' for his freedom and a life of his own. | 10 | |||||||||||
| But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet | But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet | |||||||||||||
| 11 | When the truth was known | When the truth was known. | 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | I have prayed for America, I was made for America | I have prayed for America. | 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | It's in my blood and in my bones | I was made for America. | 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | By the dawn's early light, by all I know is right | It's in my blood and in my bones. | 14 | |||||||||||
| 2 | We're going to reap what we have sown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | By the dawn's early light, | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | As if freedom was a question of might | By all I know is right, | 16 | |||||||||||
| 17 | As if loyalty was black and white | We're going to reap what we have sown. | 17 | |||||||||||
| 3 | You hear people say it all the time | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | "My country wrong or right" | [Instrumental break.] | 18 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | I want to know what that's got to do | As if freedom was a question of might. | 19 | |||||||||||
| 20 | With what it takes to find out what's true | As if loyalty was black and white. | 20 | |||||||||||
| 21 | With everyone from the President on down | You hear people say it all the time, | 21 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Trying to keep it from you | "My country wrong or right." | 22 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | The thing I wonder about the dads and moms | I want to know what that's got to do, | 23 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Who send their sons to the Vietnam's | With what it takes to find out what's true. | 24 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Will they really think their way of life | With everyone from the President on down, | 25 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tryin' to keep it from you. | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | The thing I wonder about the dads and moms, | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Who send their sons to the Vietnams. | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Will they really think their way of life, | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Has been protected as the next war comes? | Has been protected as the next war comes? | |||||||||||||
| 26 | I have prayed for America, I was made for America | I have prayed for America. | 26 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Her shining dream plays in my mind | I was made for America. | 27 | |||||||||||
| 28 | By the rockets red glare, a generation's blank stare | Her shining dream plays in my mind. | 28 | |||||||||||
| 29 | We better wake her up this time | By the rockets' red glare, | 29 | |||||||||||
| 6 | A generation's blank stare, | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | We better wake her up this time. | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | The kid I was when I first left home | [Instrumental break with vocal stylings.] | 30 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | The kid I was when I first left home, | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own. | 9 | ||||||||||||
| But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet | But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet | |||||||||||||
| 31 | When the truth was known | When the truth was known. | 31 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | I have prayed for America. | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | I was made for America. | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | I can't let go till she's come 'round. | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Until the land of the free, | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Is awake and can see. | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | And until her conscience has been found. | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | I have prayed for America, I was made for America | [Instrumental to end with vocal stylings.] | 32 | |||||||||||
| 7 | I can't let go till she comes around | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Until the land of the free, is awake and can see | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | And until her conscience has been found | 9 | ||||||||||||
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