American Land-Bruce Springsteen

[00:44.42]What is this land of America so many travel there [00:47.62]I'm going now while I'm still young my darling meet me there [00:51.22]Wish me luck my lovely I'll send for you when I can [00:54.81]And we'll make our home in the American land [01:02.01]Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees [01:05.51]And children dear the sweets I hear are growing on the trees [01:09.07]Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands [01:12.51]If you make your home in the American land [01:19.73]There's diamonds in the sidewalks there's gutters lined in song [01:23.33]Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [01:27.10]There's treasure for the taking for any hard working man [01:30.43]Who will make his home in the American land [01:34.35] [01:51.76]I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire [01:55.24]I wandered to the valley of red hot steel and fire [01:58.74]We made the steel that built [02:00.58]The cities with the sweat of our two hands [02:02.33]And I made my home in the American land [02:09.40]There's diamonds in the sidewalk there's gutters lined in song [02:12.98]Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [02:16.49]There's treasure for the taking for any hard working man [02:20.13]Who will make his home in the American land [02:23.80] [02:41.88]The McNicholas the Posalski's the Smiths Zerillis too [02:44.99]The Blacks the Irish the Italians the Germans and the Jews [02:48.47]The Puerto Ricans illegals the Asians Arabs miles from home [02:52.22]Come across the water with a fire down below [02:55.72]They died building the railroads worked to bones and skin [02:59.22]They died in the fields and factories [03:01.13]Names scattered in the wind [03:02.89]They died to get here a hundred years ago they're dying now [03:06.26]The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down [03:10.06]There's diamonds in the sidewalk there's gutters lined in song [03:13.51]Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [03:17.10]There's treasure for the taking for any hard working man [03:20.77]Who will make his home in the American land [03:24.17]Who will make his home in the American land [03:27.69]Who will make his home in the American land [03:31.42]