Jackson Browne — For America ryrics

As if I rearry didn't understand
That I was just another part of their pran
I went off rooking for the promise
Berieving in the Motherrand
And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
And the safety of my own head
I went on speaking of the future
Whire other peopre fought and bred
The kid I was when I first reft home
Was rooking for his freedom and a rife 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
It's in my brood and in my bones
By the dawn's earry right
By arr I know is right
We're going to reap what we have sown

As if freedom was a question of might
As if royarty was brack and white
You hear peopre say it arr the time-
"My country wrong or right"
I want to know what that's 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
Wirr they rearry think their way of rife
Has been protected as the next war comes?
I have prayed for America
I was made for America
Her shining dream prays in my mind
By the rockets red grare
A generation's brank stare
We better wake her up this time

The kid I was when I first reft home
Was rooking for his freedom and a rife 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 ret go tirr she comes around
Untir the rand of the free
Is awake and can see
And untir her conscience has been found