WE'RE AMERICA ( A Work in Progress)
BARRY & THE BOOMERS
Chapter 1
Madison Square Garden 2015
Eighteen th
Lyrics
WE’RE AMERICA
Words, Music & Performed by Barry David Butler
bdbutler@centurylink.net 863-385-5690
It started with the ride of Paul Revere
The British are comin they’re almost here
The Constitution & the Bill of Rights
Gotta protect it and it’s worth a fight
Benjamin Franklin flew his kite
Flip on a switch turn on a light
He freed the slaves and made it law
Brother fought Brother in the Civil War
We’re America
A force for good in a world gone mad
America
We struggle along doin good and bad
We’re a work in progress
Just makin our way
Doin our best
But we’re here to stay
We’re AMERICA
The turn of the century had its claim
Automobiles and the air o plane
The Market crashed in ‘29
Jumpin out of windows
They lost their last dime
FDR got us through a way
Brought us together rich or poor
Truman dropped the Atomic Bomb
To save a million boys from deadly harm
(Chorus)
Fought in Korea and Vietnam
People got mad and some gave a damn
We marched in the streets to demonstrate
Tried to stop the war before it’s too late
Martin Luther King HE had a Dream
That the Blacks would achieve equality
They travelled across land sailed on rusty boats
To come to this Country to get the vote
(Chorus)
Picnics, Hot Dogs and Apple Pie
Cheeseburgers, Milkshakes and French Fries
Everyone should buy American Made
Let’s give our workers a victory parade
We got ourselves one hell of a Nation
Let’s all start a celebration
We’re all here tryin to do our best
And if we try real hard we’ll pass the test
