[00:23.76]A wise man was telling stories to me
[00:26.37]About the places he had been to
[00:28.95]And the things that he had seen
[00:30.54]A quiet voice is singing something to me
[00:37.29]An age old song about the home of the brave
[00:40.89]In this land here of the free
[00:41.91]One time one night in
[00:44.55]America A lady dressed in white with the man she loved
[00:53.16]Standing along the side of their pickup truck
[00:59.19]A shot rang out in the night
[01:00.87]Just when everything seemed right
[01:03.45]Another headline written down in
[01:05.79]America The guy that lived next door in #305
[01:14.22]Took the kids to the park and disappeared
[01:16.17]About half past nine
[01:20.58]Who will ever know
[01:22.14]How much she loved them so
[01:25.23]That dark night alone in
[01:27.51]America A quiet voice is singing something to me
[01:34.71]An age old song about the home of the brave
[01:38.01]In this land here of the free
[01:39.90]One time one night in
[01:40.98]America Four small boys playing ball in a parking lot
[01:50.52]A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
[01:57.96]A car skidded into the rain
[02:00.48]Making the last little one a saint
[02:01.98]One more light goes out in
[02:02.46]America A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
[02:14.16]She hopes for a heaven while for her
[02:15.96]There's just this hell
[02:20.37]She gave away her life
[02:21.90]To become somebody's wife
[02:24.84]Another wish unanswered in
[02:26.82]America People having so much faith
[02:32.85]Die too soon while all the rest come late
[02:38.10]We write a song that no one sings
[02:40.44]On a cold black stone
[02:41.64]Where a lasting peace will finally bring
[02:44.67]The sunlight plays upon my windowpane
[03:15.30]I wake up to a world that's still the same
[03:18.27]My father said to be strong
[03:23.01]And that a good man could never do wrong
[03:25.74]In a dream
[03:26.55]I had last night in
[03:27.96]America A wise man was telling storie to me
[03:35.31]About the places he had been to
[03:39.51]And the things that he had seen
[03:40.11]A quiet voice is singing something to me
[03:41.10]An age old song about the home of the brave
[03:50.82]In this land here of the free
[03:52.68]One time one night in
[03:57.51]America

A wise man was telling stories to me
About the places he had been to
And the things that he had seen
A quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in
America A lady dressed in white with the man she loved
Standing along the side of their pickup truck
A shot rang out in the night
Just when everything seemed right
Another headline written down in
America The guy that lived next door in #305
Took the kids to the park and disappeared
About half past nine
Who will ever know
How much she loved them so
That dark night alone in
America A quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in
America Four small boys playing ball in a parking lot
A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
A car skidded into the rain
Making the last little one a saint
One more light goes out in
America A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
She hopes for a heaven while for her
There's just this hell
She gave away her life
To become somebody's wife
Another wish unanswered in
America People having so much faith
Die too soon while all the rest come late
We write a song that no one sings
On a cold black stone
Where a lasting peace will finally bring
The sunlight plays upon my windowpane
I wake up to a world that's still the same
My father said to be strong
And that a good man could never do wrong
In a dream
I had last night in
America A wise man was telling storie to me
About the places he had been to
And the things that he had seen
A quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song about the home of the brave
In this land here of the free
One time one night in
America