I?ve traveled all around this country
In my time I thought I?d seen it all
But today I took a detour down a backroad
Through a little town whose name I can?t recall
There were old men on benches playin? checkers
Children playin? hopscotch on the square
And high above a statue of an unknown soldier
Old Glory was waving in the air
Suddenly I realized what I?d too long forgotten
A chill rose up like mountains on my skin
Overcome with the feelin?, I knew I was seein?
America all over again
A?mer-icana
Pictures of a people proud and free
A?m-ericana, I?ll keep holdin? to the dream
You?re still what livin? means to me
I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule