Song For America-Kansas

[03:03.24]Virgin land of forest green [03:05.24]Dark and stormy plain [03:07.24]Here all life abounds [03:09.19]Sunlit valley, mountain fields [03:12.26]Unseen in the rain [03:14.38]Here all life abounds [03:17.07]No man rules this land [03:19.07]No human hand has soiled this paradise [03:23.94]Waiting patiently [03:25.82]So much to see [03:27.38]So rich in Earth's delights [03:30.50]Painted desert, sequined sky [03:32.50]Stars that fill the night [03:34.76]Here all life abounds [03:37.52]Rivers flowing to the sea [03:39.77]Sunshine pure and bright [03:41.90]Here all life abounds [03:44.52]No man rules this land [03:46.52]No human hand has soiled this paradise [03:51.40]Waiting patiently [03:53.08]So much to see [03:54.65]So rich in Earth's delights [04:06.27] [04:10.33]So the maiden lies in waiting [04:14.83]Pull the sailor into shore [04:19.46]Land of beauty and abundance [04:23.52]Innocent, you opened wide your door [04:28.08]Wanderers found the waiting treasure [04:30.40]Full of gifts beyond their measure [04:32.52]Milk and Honey for our pleasure [04:40.08]Across the sea there came a multitude [04:44.21]Sailing ships upon the wave [04:49.27]Filled with visions of Utopia [04:54.27]And the freedom that they crave [04:57.96]Ravage, plunder, see no wonder [05:00.27]Rape and kill and tear asunder [05:02.40]Chop the forest, plow it under [05:12.23] [08:36.66]Highways scar the mountainside [08:38.41]Buildings to the sky [08:40.28]People all around [08:42.91]Unsustaining in these roads [08:45.03]See an eternity [08:47.22]People all around [08:49.59]So we rule this land [08:51.59]And here we stand [08:52.91]Upon our paradise [08:54.09]Dreaming of a place [08:56.35]Our weary race [08:58.22]Is ready to arise