AMERICAN
by James Taylor Curtis III
Read at the Mark McGuinn concert in Ocala on 9/24/01
YOU CAN NEVER FORGET THE REASON THAT YOU FELL IN LOVE
YOU CAN NEVER FORGET YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD ABOVE
SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO GOOD REASON
NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME
BUT IF WE GIVE UP NOW
THEN ALL SURELY WOULD BE LOST
THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
DIED FOR NO CAUSE
BUT THERE'S ONE THING IN MY MIND
THAT JUST CAN'T BE ERASED
THE LOOK IN OUR PEOPLE'S EYES
THE SCAR ON AMERICANS' FACE
BUT I KNOW WE ARE STRONGER THAN ANY REVOLUTION
WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE TEST OF TIME
THROUGH PAIN AND PERSECUTION
SO IF OUR TIME HAS COME TO FIGHT WITH OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL
NO PEOPLE WILL BE MORE TOGETHER
NO NATION STANDS AS TALL
SO WHE WE SAY "WE'RE AMERICANS"
WE DON'T MEAN TO BOAST
WE DON'T THINK OF OUR NATION
AS A SUPERPOWER OR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
WHAT WE THINK IS TO BE AMERICAN
AT TIMES LIKE THESE WE STAND TALL
WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!
"GOD BLESS AMERICA"