Joe Ciorciari: In keeping with the theme... Lyrics: What is this land America, so many travel there Im going now while Im still young, my darling meet me there Wish me luck my lovely, Ill send for you when I can And well make our home in the American land Over there the women wear silk and satin to their knees And children, dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands When you make your home in the American land Theres diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long Theres treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Wholl make his home in the American land I docked at Ellis Island in the city of light and spire I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands We made our home in the American land Theres diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long Theres treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Wholl make his home in the American land The McNicholas, the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zirillis too The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews They come across the water a thousand miles from home With nothing in their bellies but the fire down below They died building the railroads, they worked to bones and skin They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind They died to get here a hundred years ago, theyre still dying now Their hands that built the country were always trying to keep out Theres diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long Theres treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Wholl make his home in the American land Wholl make his home in the American land Wholl make his home in the American land Bruce Springsteen-American Land (Bonus Track) find us here :https://facebook/groups/tomoSpringsteen/ Whoa! What is this land America, so many travel there Im going now while Im still young, my ...
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:31:48 +0000
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