I Remember America - I Remember America lyrics

I remember America I remember it well When you could walk downtown in the middle of the night Without the smell of fear on your shoulder As you jump at every sound And you never look in the eye of any stranger Who could easily gun you down I remember America I remember every town When crack was the sound that caps would make In the only guns that kids would have around I remember America I remember my friends I remember America And I want to be safe again I remember America I remember the time When rock 'n' roll was cool and fun and we'd read between the lines I remember America Like you remember the dead When freedom of speech wasn't every four-letter word a sailor never said I remember America And I remember my schools Now it's graft and gangs and guards and guns and needles in the pool I remember America When kids could walk alone Go to the corner for a root beer float and safely make it home I remember America I remember my friends I remember America And I want to be safe again I remember America I remember my home That any working man would proudly say it was something that he owned I remember America And I remember the day November twenty second, nineteen sixty three, When they blew the dreams away I remember America I remember my friends I remember America And I want to be safe again I remember America I remember America I remember America