Across America

Across America - Nanci Griffith

I've heard enough from pundits I've heard our leaders speak

I tell you now I'd rather talk to the people in the streets

'Cause you don't know someone until you've looked them in the eye

And that gave me a purpose and every reason why

I drove myself across America from sea to shining sea

From the rocky coast of Maine to the mighty redwood trees

From the plains of North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico

It's good to know that hope's alive again across America

I spoke to folks in New Orleans with hammers in their hands

There's a waitress in Missouri who wants her own health plan

And to the workers up in Michigan in all the auto plants

There were working men and women saying yes we can

Your checks and stocks and banks can't take our hope away

You can't foreclose on hope nobody has to pay

I drove myself across America from sea to shining sea

From the rocky coast of Maine to the mighty redwood trees

From the plains of North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico

It's good to know that hope's alive again across America

It's good to know that hope's alive again across America