They opened the road
That cuts through the town
And I drove slowly by
And the guard waved me on
Now I'm not from this town
But I live very near
And when I saw the destruction
My eyes started to tear
I asked a young woman
How she could smile with no home
She said, there's no need for weeping
For we are not what we own
We are not what we own
We are not what we own
We can replace wood and stone
We are not what we own
It was an old and proud city
And the trees towered high
But they're almost all gone now
They've been replaced by the sky
The people were out
The husbands and wives
Though some lost their homes
Most escaped with their lives (saying)
We are not what we own
We are not what we own
We can replace wood and stone
We are not what we own
The sky huffed and puffed
And it blew our houses down
But in the rubble of a city
A community was found
We are not what we own
We are not what we own
We can replace wood and stone
We are not what we own