The Ship - Balboa lyrics

I've stood on the coast of my country at last Balboa, with heart in his throat Unbelieving his eyes, he started to cry And the tears spilled down on my coat Balboa, you traveled your journeys and won Our country was rugged and naked and young My adventures are mimicking centuries done And I cry, but the salt burns a wound Am I crying the same tears as you? Our country is dying in pieces and shares We're carving the map to the bone The tooth of a serpent's so dull when compared To America's daughters and sons They're stripping the veins from the breast of our land Clear-cutting the green with hysterical hands And left the indelible mark of a brand When you cried, did you hurt through and through? Can I be crying the same tears as you? No, no, no, no! I've stood on the coast of my country at last Balboa, with heart in his throat Unbelieving his eyes, he started to cry And the tears spilled down on my coat