Oh love,
please may I talk with you
People cryin' in the land
of the free
Something's wrong,
this is not what they taught me
It's
America, the beautiful,
my country, tis of thee
It says here in the
Constitution of the rights of every man
That it don't take law and order
just to make me understand
If the minds of men refuse
to see our equality
Then it takes some demonstrate
and a lot of faith in me
In this world of materiality
The dollar bill is as far as people see
If we lose the war on poverty
Then
America's not beautiful
My country's still a thief
We all don't want a revolution
But to make all mankind see
There's a better way of being here
Peace and harmony
So I ask you,
Lord, to send some help
To our country
So it once more can be beautiful
And bring our praise to thee
Oh
Lord
Oh may we live and see
All the dreams
Of the men who died for me
And all the young
That have been waiting patiently
For
America the beautiful
My country till the en
d
My holy man once told me that you
reap exactly what you sow
So I think I'll plant some lovin'
leaves and wait for you to grow
In the meantime I can help someone
that's fallen to his knees
Got to make all men your brother
If you want the whole world free
Oh
Lord, forgive those who don't see
They don't know how we're
supposed to be
Peace and love and a life of liberty
In
America the beautiful
My country it is of thee
you