BORN
AGAIN AMERICAN
By Keith Carradine
Just
a workin’ man without a job
It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
And I know I’m nothin’ special, there are plenty more like me
Just the same
I thought I knew the rules of the game
I
stood up for this country that I love
I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
I’m not sayin’ Uncle Sam should give me what I need
My offer stands
I’ll pull my weight you give me half a chance
I
went up to a congressman and said to him “you know
Our government is letting people down”
He said he’d need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
I said there was a bunch of us around
Refrain:
I’m
a Born Again American, conceived in Liberty
My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed’s equality
I’m a Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea
My
brother’s welding chassis at the plant
He’s earning what our granddad did in 1948
While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
How can they see
When all they care about’s the do re mi
It’s
getting where there’s nowhere left to turn
Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
So many of our citizens are living in despair
The time has come
To reaffirm that hope’s not just for some
The
promise of America’s surrendering to greed
The rule is just look out for number one
But brace yourself ‘cause some of us have sown a different seed
A harvest of the spirit has begun
Refrain:
I’m
a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and The Bill Of Rights
My creed’s equality
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea
It’s
clear my country’s soul is on the line
She’s hungering for something that she lost along the way
The principle the framers called upon us to obey
That in this land
The people’s will must have the upper hand
I
felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
And faithful to that vow I have remained
I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
And to her cause I have been re-ordained
Refrain:
I’m
a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
A M E R I C A
THESE LYRICS WERE FOUND AT:
http://www.bornagainamerican.org/build/lyrics.html
THE
ORIGINAL VIDEO FOUND AT:
http://www.bornagainamerican.org/
Alternate
site:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=50453603
THANK
YOU, MR. CARRADINE
AND
EVERYONE
WHO SANG AND PERFORMED IN THE ORIGINAL VIDEO
FOR
SUPPORTING THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS!
Keith Carradine |
Los Angeles, California |
Jim Dalton |
Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C. |
Chad Van Rys, U.S. Marine |
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Kevin Moore II |
Venice Beach, California |
Xiao Dan Zheng |
San Francisco, California |
Matt Thompson |
Chicago, Illinois |
Luke Buckett |
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California |
Bobby Broom |
Chicago, Illinois |
Keith Sanchez |
Austin, Texas |
Erin Dzierwa |
St. Louis, Missouri |
The Harlem Gospel Choir |
New York City, New York |
All Saints Episcopal |
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California |
Mu’azzin Benyoucef (Islamic Center) |
Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota |
Cantor Patty Linsky (Temple Ahavat Shalom) |
Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota |
David Hernandez |
Red Rocks, Colorado |
Tarrah Reynolds |
Brooklyn, New York |
Rev. Timothy McDonald III |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Rev. Davidson Loehr |
Austin, Texas |
Forwarded
by Magdalena Metzger
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