When I used to head out West
I'd dress up to look my best
And then somewhere in the air
I would feel a little better
And when I'd reach the ground
I'd turned into someone else
And I walked out in the sun
Someone new
Oh, America, my friend
There's a sickness in your head
And it's eating you alive
And you just ain't getting better
I'd like to love you more
But I don't know you any more
Now you look like something wrong
Something new
And the writing on the wall
Is saying: "Where is America?"
And the bodies on the floor
Are singing: "Where is America?"
And the pilot looks straight down
And says: "I don't know where to land
I've flown this way a thousand times before
But I just don't recognize things anymore."
All around the world
If you dig into the sand
You can find the shattered statues
Of men who came before you
Who used to have it all
And believed they could not fall
Then gave away to something else
Something new
Oh, America, my friend
I'd like to think we'll meet again
On some sunlit afternoon
When your sickness is behind you
We hope you see it's true
That it isn't us, it's you
It was time you had to know
'Cause we see where this will go
Where this goes
Where this goes
The wolves will one day sing on Broadway:
"Who was America?"
The herds will thunder down your freeways:
"Who was America?"
And the faces on the mountain
Will be shadows from before
Forgotten men from some time long ago
Who couldn't see which way the sands would blow
A wolf will one day sing on Broadway:
"I am America"
The herds will thunder down the freeways:
"Across America"
And the faces on the mountain
Will be cities for the birds
Forgotten men from some time long ago
Who couldn't see which way the sands would blow
Forgotten men from some time long ago
Who couldn't see which way the sands would blow
(A wolf will one day sing on Broadway...)
(A wolf will one day sing on Broadway...)
(A wolf will one day sing on Broadway...)