come and take a walk with me through this green and growing land walk through the meadows and the mountains and the sand walk through the valleys and the rivers and the plains walk through the sun and walk through the rain here is a land full of power and glory beauty that words cannot recall oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom her glory shall rest on us all from colorado kansas and the carolina s too virginia and alaska from the old to the new texas and ohio and the california shore tell me who could ask for more yet she s only as rich as the poorest of her poor only as free as the padlocked prison door only as strong as our love for this land only as tall as we stand but our land is still troubled by men who have to hate they twist away our freedom they twist away our fate fear is their weapon and treason is their cry we can stop them if we try