As I walk in wide-eyed silence through the hallways of our history Past the car where they killed Kennedy, the armchair where died Lincoln I want to break the silence but these days no one is listening And though I try to push it from my mind I can't help thinking That it's midnight in America It's midnight in America Midnight in America I pray upon this nation under God the sun will someday shine again Under headlines all divisive quakes a world devoid of wisdom Seventeen are dead in parkland, now eleven more in Pittsburg And how can we break the cycle when it seems they've fixed the system And fifteen hundred missing children's not the sickness just the symptom Of a midnight in America It's midnight in America Midnight in America I pray upon this nation under God the sun will someday shine again Someday shine again The sun will someday shine again Someday shine again But I will keep on fighting for America And living out the promise of America Cause that's why momma's momma chose America And I'm not giving up on my America There's a woman laying whiskey down it's how she spends her evening But from ten to four she's walking door to door handing out leaflets With a mortgage and two children for a world they can believe in Well as long as her hearts beating mama I'm not giving up on my America I'm not giving up on my America Cause that's why momma's momma chose America And I'm not giving up on my America