[00:05.90]Phil Vassar
[00:17.09]I was ten,I was thin,
[00:19.15]I was playing first base
[00:21.21]with a secondhand glove and dirt on my face
[00:26.28]In nowhere, Virginia
[00:27.28]
[00:28.56]Who'd ever figure that kid in the yard
[00:32.24]would go very far
[00:34.56]It was 419 Lakewood,had no silverspoons
[00:36.99]
[00:38.18]Just an old beat up upright
[00:40.93]that played out of tune
[00:43.30]Now I'm singin' and living the life that I love
[00:46.80]And when I count my blessings I thank God I was
[00:51.36]An American child
[00:55.24]An American child
[00:59.99]'Cause dreams can grow wild
[01:02.45]Born inside an American child
[01:12.95]Seven pounds, three ounces, she's got my nose
[01:16.67]And she's into my heart as deep as it goes
[01:21.17]With a promise
[01:22.18]that's more than just someone's last name
[01:25.18]Anyone's equal, in late August came
[01:29.56]An American child
[01:33.87]An American child
[01:38.43]'Cause dreams can grow wild
[01:40.83]Born inside an American child
[01:59.46]My grandfather would have been eighty today
[02:05.60]But in '45 he fell down beside an American child
[02:13.35]An American child
[02:16.60]Oh, an American child
[02:22.23]'Cause dreams can grow wild
[02:24.35]born inside an American child
[02:29.41]An American child