To America

I first saw you in the morning Your eyes barely opened on your sun glittered shoulders The green of your eyes It was showing 200 years ago As you were mourning These things I hold I watched your picture in a frame Calling out to be free from the hallway I felt the pull of your hand convincing us all to be One of them One of them These things I hold I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out I saw you wade in the evening All of the stars above and city kids dreaming We watched you as you were born Our arms full of nothing and begging for more of it These things I hold These things I'm thankful I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out I watched you turn into rivers The mouths of the palms Where saints became sinners And all at once we were spinning Billions of years ago ghost became living These things I hold These things I'm thankful I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out There were flowers in your meadow There were flowers in your hair And sometimes the road less traveled Oh I learned my lesson I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out I am your daughter If you'll have me And just like my mother I put two feet down I am your daughter If you'll take me And just like my father I'm figuring it all out