The House I Live In (That's America To Me)

What is America to me a name, a map, or a flag I see acertain word, democracy What is America to me The house I live in a plot of earth, the street The grocer and the butcher or the people that I meet The children in the playground the faces that I see All races and religions that's America to me The place I work in the worker by my side The little town the city where my people lived and died The howdy and the handshake the air a feeling free The right to speak your mind out that's America to me The things I see about me the big things and the small The little corner newsstand or the house a mile tall The wedding and the churchyard the laughter and the tears The dream that's been a growing for more than two hundred years The town I live in the street, the house, the room The pavement of the city or a garden all in bloom The church the school the club house the millions lights I see Especially the people that's America to me The house I live in a plot of earth, the street The grocer and the butcher or the people that I meet The children in the playground the faces that I see All races and religions that's America to me The place I work in the worker by my side The little town the city where my people lived and died The howdy and the handshake the air a feeling free The right to speak your mind out that's America to me The things I see about me the big things and the small The little corner newsstand or the house a mile tall The wedding and the churchyard the laughter and the tears The dream that's been a growing for more than two hundred years The town I live in the street, the house, the room The pavement of the city or a garden all in bloom The church the school the club house the millions lights I see Especially the people that's America to me