[00:04.98]Artist:kansas [00:06.54]Songs Title:song for america [00:09.41] [03:02.91]Virgin land of forest green [03:05.29]Dark and stormy plain [03:07.03]Here all life abounds [03:08.79] [03:09.78]Sunlit valley, mountain fields [03:11.27] [03:12.09]Unseen in the rain [03:13.52] [03:14.53]Here all life abounds [03:15.96] [03:17.01]No man rules this land [03:18.88]No human hand has soiled this paradise [03:22.82] [03:23.81]Waiting patiently [03:25.25]So much to see [03:27.11]So rich in Earth's delights [03:29.41] [03:30.23]Painted desert, sequined sky [03:32.34]Stars that fill the night [03:34.03] [03:34.60]Here all life abounds [03:36.68] [03:37.30]Rivers flowing to the sea [03:38.81] [03:39.44]Sunshine pure and bright [03:40.62] [03:42.18]Here all life abounds [03:43.55] [03:44.30]No man rules this land [03:46.36]No human hand has soiled this paradise [03:48.98] [03:51.35]Waiting patiently [03:52.54] [03:53.16]So much to see [03:54.79]So rich in Earth's delights [03:56.93] [04:10.22]So the maiden lies in waiting [04:12.21] [04:14.71]Pull the sailor into shore [04:17.37] [04:19.30]Land of beauty and abundance [04:22.17] [04:23.35]Innocent, you opened wide your door [04:26.53] [04:27.91]Wanderers found the waiting treasure [04:30.28]Full of gifts beyond their measure [04:32.52]Milk and Honey for our pleasure [04:37.39] [04:39.95]Across the sea there came a multitude [04:42.33] [04:44.50]Sailing ships upon the wave [04:47.38] [04:49.49]Filled with visions of Utopia [04:52.36] [04:54.35]And the freedom that they crave [04:56.28] [04:58.03]Ravage, plunder, see no wonder [05:00.22]Rape and kill and tear asunder [05:02.46]Chop the forest, plow it under [05:07.40] [08:36.32]Highways scar the mountainside [08:37.50]Buildings to the sky [08:40.49]People all around [08:41.86] [08:43.18]Unsustaining in these roads [08:45.37]See an eternity [08:47.29]People all around [08:49.17] [08:49.73]So we rule this land [08:51.91]And here we stand [08:53.29]Upon our paradise [08:54.91] [08:56.40]Dreaming of a place [08:58.46]Our weary race [08:59.96]Is ready to arise