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All
songs written, arranged,
produced & performed by
Marjorie Thompson, except where noted.
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America the New
from
Right By Me
When the
pastures were filled with plenty
And the fields were ripe with grain
There was hope in California
That stretched across to Maine
When home was of the brave
And land was of the free
Anthems of allegiance rang
Through halls of liberty
Those were the days when the good life came
To anyone who tried
Those were the days when the world was small
And god was on our side
Bless the new America, confident and wise
Congratulations on how far you’ve come
hard to recognize.
When the suffocating grip of
reactionary myth hadn’t sapped the future of prosperity
When social was a word instead of homeland, that described security
When liberal signified a compassionate heart and responsibility to lend
a hand
Now the tyranny of power and greed
are tearing up the land.
We thought we had it good in our blackand white world of fear encrusted
fences
when the politics of greed did not run wild,
and paralyze our senses
When faith did not demand
the abdication of our mind,
and the smoke of rhetoric hadn’t rendered the nation hypnotized and
blind.
Those were
the days when the good life came
To anyone who tried
Those were the days when the world was small
And god was on our side.
Bless the new America,
eloquent and wise
Turn of the phrase twist of the machine,
all secrets, no surprise.
Bless the new America tolerant and wise
Suffers the differences
Celebrates the small
Land where hope will rise.
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