Oh my love, it's a l ong way we've come
From the freckled hills to the s teel and glass canyons
F rom the stony fields, to h anging steel from the sky
F rom digging in our poc kets for a rea son not to say goodbye
These are the hands that built Ame rica
(Russian, Sioux, Dutch, Hindu)
Oh, oh oh, Am erica
(Polish, Irish, German, Italian)
Last saw your face in a w atercolour sky
As sea birds argue, a long goodbye
I took your kiss, o n the spra y of the new line star
Y ou gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so h ard
And these are the hands, that built Am erica
(The Irish, the Blacks, the Chinese, the Jews)
Ah, ah ah, Ame rica / Hand
(Korean, Hispanic, Muslim, Indian)
O f all of the promises, is this one we could keep
O f all of the dreams, is this one still o ut of reach
Out ta outa reeeach
(Dream-oh-y eah)
(Oh oh-dream, oh love)
It's early fall, there's a cl oud on the New York skyline
Innocence, dra gged across a yellow line
These are the hands that built Am erica
These are the hands that built Am erica
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Am erica
