Promise And The Dream

There's a sadness in your singing I have never heard before



There's a dying in your living that exists from shore to shore



There's a coward in your character that I have never seen



America what happened to the promise and the dream



The promise was that men could live and worship as they please



The dream was for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free



We closed so many doors and banned the prayers on many scenes



America what happened to the promise and the dream







There's a numbness in your feeling for the disadvantaged poor



There's a weakness in your strenght because your leaders are unsure



There are shadows in the light that once was freedom's brightest beam



America what happened to the promise and the dream



The promise was that men could live and worship as they please



The dream was for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free



You closed so many doors and banned the prayer on many scenes



America what happened to the promise and the dream







There's a hating in your loving for the permanence of vows



Tomorrow doesn't matter it's all for the here and now



Your most important word called love is now a dirty thing



America what happened to the promise and the dream



The promise was that men...