From the wild Alaska
sky to the muddy Rio Grande
To the stormy shores of rocky Maine, there
lies a country
I was born here in
this land under the flag of hope and freedom
Now it seems such a faded dream, like a
dream that's lost it's meaning
In the early
morning sun there are many men and women
Waking up in more ways than one to say where
are we going?
Where are we going?
There's a time
in every life, there is an age for every
nation
When her patriots must stand aside and say,
"first, we are human"
Are we not human?
And in the
dawning of this hour
And in a clear, undoubting voice
If we can heal this ever raging noise
For our human race
I know we must
Who will mend this sacred place?
It's surely us
We can cast our
bitter blame or we can just do what is
needed
Pray the embers that still remain, become
once more a beacon
It's not us
against the world, no, it's everyone or no
one
There is a braver flag to unfurl, it's
called the Flag of Human Kindness
Of Human Kindness
And in the
dawning of this hour
And in a clear, undoubting voice
If we can heal this ever raging noise
For our human race
I know we must
Who will mend this sacred place?
It's surely us
Oh,
beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountains majesty above the
fruited plain
America, America, God she His Grace on
thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
America the Beautiful written by
Katharine Lee Bates
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