Lyrics We Americans.lrc The Avett Brothers
[id: pshzixwz]
[ar: The Avett Brothers]
[al: Closer Than Together]
[ti: We Americans]
[length: 06:24]
[00:12.63]I grew up with reverence for the red, white, and blue
[00:16.10]Spoke of God and liberty, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
[00:23.42]Learned love of country from my own family
[00:27.23]Some shivered and prayed, approaching the beaches of Normandy
[00:34.54]The flag waves high and that’s how it should be
[00:38.04]So many lives given and taken in the name of freedom
[00:45.21]But the story’s complicated and hard to read
[00:49.06]Pages of the book obscured or torn out completely
[00:58.88]I am a son of Uncle Sam
[01:03.36]And I struggle to understand the good and evil
[01:10.69]But I’m doing the best I can
[01:14.37]In a place built on stolen land with stolen people
[01:23.85]Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
[01:27.28]Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
[01:31.04]Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
[01:38.22]A misnamed people and a kidnapped race
[01:41.82]Laws may change but we can’t erase the scars of a nation
[01:48.88]Of children devalued and disavowed
[01:52.57]Displaced by greed and the arrogance of Manifest Destiny
[01:59.84]Short-sighted to say it was a long time ago
[02:03.26]Not even two lifetimes have passed since the days of Lincoln
[02:10.95]The sins of Andrew Jackson, the shame of Jim Crow
[02:14.34]And time moves slow when the tragedies are beyond description
[02:24.30]I am a son of Uncle Sam
[02:28.77]And I struggle to understand the good and evil
[02:36.01]But I’m doing the best I can
[02:39.57]In a place built on stolen land with stolen people
[02:48.13]We are more than the sum of our parts
[02:54.58]All these broken homes and broken hearts
[03:00.51]God will you keep us wherever we go?
[03:06.94]Will you forgive us for where we’ve been?
[03:13.52]We Americans
[03:18.31]Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
[03:22.06]Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
[03:25.46]Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
[03:32.65]I’ve been to every state, and seen shore to shore
[03:36.31]The still open wounds of the Civil War
[03:40.17]Watched blind hatred bounce back and forth
[03:43.32]Seen vile prejudice both in the south and the north
[03:50.79]And accountability is hard to impose
[03:54.63]On ghosts of ancestors haunting the halls of our conscience
[04:01.62]But the path of grace and goodwill is still here
[04:05.37]For those of us who may be considered among the living
[04:15.39]I am a son of God and man
[04:19.60]And I may never understand the good and evil
[04:26.81]But I dearly love this land
[04:30.62]Because of, and in spite of, we the people
[04:39.12]We are more than the sum of our parts
[04:45.90]All these broken bones and broken hearts
[04:51.49]God will you keep us wherever we go?
[04:57.76]Can you forgive us for where we’ve been?
[05:04.76]We Americans
[05:11.84]We Americans
[05:16.51]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:20.27]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:23.71]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:27.33]Love
[05:30.95]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:34.54]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:38.32]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:45.46]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:49.19]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:52.74]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[05:56.56]Love
[06:00.05]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[06:03.70]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[06:07.32]Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
[06:19.56]Year of Release: 2019