Girl America

My girl America is just a youth in this world Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls And though her age reads, she's just a young girl The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled From the hand that's been dealt, though it's quiet as kept The weight was all felt last night when she slept And then she crept into the dreams of the things of her past Seems to grow so fast, way beyond her own class For they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters A natural born leader even when her peers diss her My girl, she's at a crossroads, people praying for her Some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama Smoking marijuana, longing for a father to call her, "Daughter" She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation And this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting My girl, I know this love that you're chasing My girl America's crying When she's lying on her bed at night And I can see that she's screaming When she's dreaming for her freedom My girl America's dying While she's trying just to stop this fight Don't stop believing My girl America Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door Telling her that's what she's for, trying to rob at her core Then leave, calling her a whore, but still, she knows there's more I know she knows there's more because there is a voice she can't ignore 'Cause it was founded in the foundations, from the day of her creation In God We Trust, engraved on the treasures of her nation And the void that the boys can't fill With the tippin' of the bottle or the poppin' of the pill But, still, most of her friends don't care as they glare Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel As they stumble and they tumble, breaking down into rubble My girl America, stop, can't you see? It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be But how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day And so, I say, "Your deliverance is coming" My girl America's crying When she's lying on her bed at night And I can see that she's screaming When she's dreaming for her freedom My girl America's dying While she's trying just to stop this fight Don't stop believing My girl America Faith like a child from your first birth You left 'em in the dirt on your worst hurt And I see each tear and every scar The hands that have held you where you are And I can see we've strayed so far A king born under that morning star As a crown of thorns was placed to erase Each tear that's touched your face And His palms and sides were pierced with spears He hung in love just to draw you near My girl, out of this whole world Can't you see this is where we started? My girl America's crying When she's lying on her bed at night And I can see that she's screaming When she's dreaming for her freedom My girl America's dying While she's trying just to stop this fight Don't stop believing (don't you stop, girl) My girl America (don't you stop, girl) My girl America's crying (girl America) When she's lying on her bed at night And I can see that she's screaming When she's dreaming for her freedom My girl America's dying While she's trying just to stop this fight Don't stop believing My girl America His palms and sides were pierced with spears He hung in love just to draw you near My girl, out of this whole world Can't you see this is where we started? Where we started Where we started My girl America