For America Lyrics - Browne Jackson

As if I really didn't understand 

That I was just another part of thir plan 

I went off looking for the promise 

Believing in the Motherland 

And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed 

And the safety of my own head 

I went out speaking of the future 

While other people fought and bled 

The kid I was when I first left home 

Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own 

But the freedom that found wasn't quite as sweet 

When the truth was known 

I have prayed for America 

I was made for America 

It's in my blood and in my bones 

By the dawn's early light 

By all I know is right 

We're going to reap what we have sown 

As if freedom was a question of might 

As if loyalty was black and white 

You hear people say all the time-- 

"My country wrong or right" 

I want to know what that't got to do 

With what it takes to find out what's true 

With everyone from the President on down 

Trying to keep it from you 

The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms 

Who send their sons to the Vietnams 

Will they really think their way of life 

Has been protected as the next war comes? 

I have prayed for America 

I was made for America 

Her shining dream plays in my mind 

By the rockets' red glare 

A generation's blank stare 

We better wake her up this time 

The kid I was when I first left home 

Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own 

But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet 

When the truth was known 

I have prayed for America 

I was made for America 

I can't let go till she comes around 

Until the land of the free 

Is awake and can see 

Until her conscience has been found