America America – A Balladeer – letras

I wasn’t even seventeen when I believed the grass was greenerwhere life is one big movie sceneof beauty queens and paper boy achieversWednesday nights at Mary’s house I tried to open up to Jesuscause I had seen them raise their browsto the only non-believer inAmerica, Americain an air-conditioned class I auditioned for Mrs. Townsend’s choirDavid wore a cowboy hathe lip-synched like she ordered himwe prayed for soldiers in Iraq to give them strength to firewe pledged allegiance to the flagwe praised our freedom caught between the borders ofAmerica, AmericaMary’s father brought us homehe drove us through the heart of Texasonce in Dallas I was shownthe spot where JFK got shot