America … the Dream Goes On (arr. W.S. Ragsdale)-United States Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus/The United States Navy Band/Philip Howard Field

[ti:America, the Dream Goes On] [ar:US Navy Band & Sea Chanters Chorus/U.S. Military Academy Band] [al:Hail to the Chief: 44 Songs to Honor Presidents' Day] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]America … the Dream Goes On (arr. W.S. Ragsdale) - United States Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus/The United States Navy Band/Philip Howard Field [00:10.54]America america and the dream goes on [00:19.98] [00:20.56]America america and the dream goes on [00:30.14] [00:33.33]There's a song in the dust of a county road [00:35.75]On the wind it comes to call [00:38.28]And it sings in the farms and the factory towns [00:40.82]And where you think there'd be no song at all [00:46.01]And the words are the words that our fathers heard [00:48.61]As they whistled down the years [00:51.16]And the name of the song is the name of the dream [00:53.80]And it's music to our ears [00:56.01] [00:56.56]America america and the dream goes on [01:06.25] [01:06.89]America america and the dream goes on [01:16.82] [01:20.01]And the words that we read on the courthouse walls [01:22.15]And the words that make us free [01:24.78]And the more we remember the way we began [01:27.40]The closer we get to the best we can be [01:32.78]Was there ever a time we forgot it's worth [01:35.24]All the struggles and the scars [01:37.85]If we leave to the children a sky full of hope [01:40.52]And a flag that's filled with stars [01:42.80] [01:43.35]America america and the dream goes on [01:53.35] [01:53.90]Remember the voice of jefferson [01:56.36]And the sound of thomas paine [01:58.97]Lincoln sang at gettysberg about america [02:04.30]Listen well to the wind and you can hear [02:06.86]From oregon to maine [02:09.56]America america [02:16.92] [02:20.08]There's a song in the dust of a country road [02:22.38]It's a song we must recall [02:24.97]And it sings in the farms and the factory towns [02:27.57]And where you think there'd be no song at all [02:32.84]And the words are the words that our fathers heard [02:35.35]As they whistled down the years [02:38.05]And the name of the song is the name of the dream [02:40.58]And it's music to our ears [02:42.88] [02:43.46]America america and the dream goes on [02:56.52]Think of roosevelt and kennedy [02:59.02]And of martin luther king [03:01.21] [03:01.75]And the way they sang a song about america [03:06.65] [03:07.17]Listen well to the wind it's always there [03:09.91]And it's asking us to sing [03:12.03] [03:12.64]America america [03:18.38] [03:23.48]Though the voices are changing [03:24.50]The song's the same as it sings from sea to sea [03:28.61]And as long as the music is strong and clear [03:31.26]We'll know that tomorrow will always be free [03:36.34] [03:36.93]America america and the dream goes on [03:42.23]America america and the dream goes on [03:46.99] [03:47.61]America america america america and the dream goes on [04:01.96] [04:02.50]America