The House I Live In

歌詞

what is america to me a name, a map, or a flag I see a certain word, democracy what is america to me the house I live in a plot of earth, a street the grocer and the butcher or the people that I meet the children in the playground the faces that I see all races and religions that\\'s america to me the place I work in the worker by my side the little town the city where my people lived and died the howdy and the handshake the air a feeling free and the right to speak your mind out that\\'s america to me the things I see about me the big things and the small that little corner newsstand or the house a mile tall the wedding and the churchyard the laughter and the tears and the dream that\\'s been a growing for more than two hundred years the town I live in the street, the house, the room the pavement of the city or the garden all in bloom the church the school the clubhouse the millions lights I see but especially the people that\\'s america to me