Soldier Blue — текст песни (Roy Budd)

Tell you a story
it`s a true one

and I`ll tell it like you`ll understand.
And ain`t gonna talk like some history man.
I look out and see a land

young and lovely hard and strong.
For fifteen thousand years
we`ve danced her praises

prayed our thanks and we`ve just begun.

This
this is my country

young and growin`
free
and flowin` sea to sea.
Yes
this is my country

ripe and bearing miracles
in ev`ry pond and tree.

Her spirit walks the high country

Givin` free wild samples
and
settin` an example how to give.
Yes
this is my country

retchin` and turnin`
like a baby
learnin` how to live.
I can stand upon a hill at dawn

Look all around me
feel her surround me.
Soldier Blue
can`t you see
her life has just begun ?
It`s beating inside us
telling us
she`s here to guide us.
Ooh
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue

Can`t you see that there`s another way
to love her ?

Yes
this is my country

I sprang from her and I`m
learnin` how to count upon her;
tall trees and the corn is high country

yes
I love her and I`m learnin`
how to take care of her.
When the news stories get me down

I take a drink of freedom to think
of my america from toe to crown.
It`s never long before I know
just why I belong here.