wise man was telling stories to me
About the places he had been to
And the things that he had seen

quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in America

lady dressed in white with the man she loved
Standing along the side of their pickup [bad word] shot rang out in the night
Just when everything seemed right
Another headline written down in America

The guy that lived next door in #305
Took the kids to the park and disappeared
About half past nine
Who will ever know
How much she loved them so
That dark night alone in America

quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in America

Four small boys playing ball in a parking lot
preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
car skidded into the rain
Making the last little one a saint
One more light goes out in America

young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
She hopes for a heaven while for her
There's just this [bad word] She gave away her life
To [bad word] somebody's wife
Another wish unanswered in America

People having so much faith
Die too soon while all the [bad word] late
We write a song that no one sings
On a cold black stone
Where a lasting peace will finally bring

The sunlight plays upon my windowpane
I wake up to a world that's still the same
My father said to be strong
And that a good man could never do wrong
In a dream I had last night in America

wise man was telling storie to me
About the places he had been to
And the things that he had seen

quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in America