The Hands That Built America

[Verse 1]

Oh, my love

It's a long way we’ve come

From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons

From the stony fields to hanging steel from the sky

From digging in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye

[Chorus]

These are the hands that built America

(Russian, Sioux, Dutch, Hindu)

Ah, America

(Polish, Irish, German, Italian)

[Verse 2]

Last saw your face in a watercolour sky

As sea birds argued a long goodbye

I took your kiss on the spray of the new line star

You gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so hard (Uh huh)

[Chorus]

And these are the hands that built America

(The Irish, the Blacks, the Chinese, the Jews)

Ah, America

(Korean, Hispanic, Muslim, Indian)

[Bridge]

Of all of the promises

Is this one we can keep?

Of all of the dreams

Is this one still out of reach?

[Outro]

It's early fall

There's a cloud on the New York skyline

Innocence dragged across a yellow line

These are the hands that built America

These are the hands that built America

Ah, America

Ah, America