what is america to me a name a map or a flag i see a certain 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 and the right to speak your mind out that s america to me the things i see about me the big things and the small that 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 clubhouse the millions lights i see especially the people that s america to me1
['adult standards', 'easy listening', 'lounge']