Category: Americana

Americana

The Americana Badge of Honor– Our first Badge of Honor celebrates Americana- The American way of life. It’s the 4th of July, hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill, baseball, football, bonfires, and a glass of iced tea out by the lake. Americana is music, from Nashville, Detroit, L.A., New Orleans, Virginia, Chicago…

I’ve traveled all around this country
In my time I thought I’d seen it all
But today I took a detour down a back road
Through a little town whose name I can’t recall
There were old men on benches playing checkers
Children playing hop scotch on the square
And high above a statue of an unknown soldier
Old glory was waving in the air
Suddenly I realized what I’d too long forgotten
Chill rose up like mountains on my skin
Overcome with a feeling
I knew I was seeing
America all over again
Americana
Picture of a people proud and free
Americana
And I’ll keep holding to the dream
You’re still what living means to me
I knew the stop would throw me off my schedule
But I parked around behind the Five and Dime
There’s something about a small town in the Summer
Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time
Kids were courting at the Rexall soda fountain
Like we did before they built the shopping mall
I saw so many reasons why I love this country
You know some things never really change at all
As I left the two-lane road
And pulled back on that super high way
I thought of what I’d seen back in that town
And it hit me like a freight train
That a stone’s throw from the fast lane
America is still safe and sound

Songwriters: Larry N Alderman / Patti A. Ryan / Richard N Fagan (usa)
Americana lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I worked for all my life
And I had to start again
With just my children and my wife
I thank my lucky stars
To be living here today
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can’t take that away
And I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to L.A.
Where’s pride in every American heart
And it’s time we stand and say
That I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
And I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

-LEE GREENWOOD