When I was a young girl
Sittin' on my mama's knee
She taught me to love freedom
And to keep my dignity
Out in the country, down in Georgia
In the tall gra** and Queen Anne's lace
I began to love America
When I went to elemen-
T'ry school I learned to cuss
Learned to pray to a Protestant God
And in him we trust
Pledge of allegiance to America
In the concrete walls and wooden desk
I learned the scriptures of America
When I went to high school
I learned how we hate
All the fears and shadows
We use to segregate
The people of America
We hold some lies to be self-evident
In America
When I was in Dallas
I stood up on that knoll
Thinkin' about murder
And what it takes to buy a soul
In America
Mmm... Ohhhh
But it's still my America
Down in Alabama
Where the crosses burn so bright
Way out in the desert
Where your eyes can't hold the light
And from the mouths of fools, who'll tell you
"Might always makes right"
Comes the darkness of America
Our America
From the glitter of Miami
To the wild Alaskan shore
And the greed of the wealthy
And the faith of the poor
This is all our America
And if they tell you we can't use her freedoms anymore
Well, they don't stand for our America
If they tell you loss of freedom
Is a cost we can't afford
And shore up the government
And keep us hard at war
To one by one give up our rights
'Til our borders seem secure
And disagreement will be treason,
We'll have no voice anymore
They just don't understand America
My America
Our America
My America