why must I be so far from my home
my land ~ my country
The distance from my home is not so great
as the terrible sickness and fate
that tore me from my home ~ my land
and all the things I knew and loved
America I listen to your songs and cry
oh why these things must be
that do not allow me to be free
where my heart and soul choose to be
America I hear your songs and cry
O Lord why
