American Tune
Many's the times I've been mistakenAnd many times confusedYes, and I've often felt forsakenAnd certainly misusedBut I'm all right, I'm all rightI'm just weary to my bonesStill you don't expect to be bright and bon vivantSo far away from homeSo far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been batteredI don't have a friend who feels at easeI don't know a dream that's not been shatteredOr driven to its kneesBut it's all right, it's all rightFor we've lived so well so longStill, when I think of the road we're travelling onI wonder what's gone wrongI can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dyingI dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedlyAnd looking back down at me smiled reassuringlyAnd I dreamed I was flyingAnd high above oh, my eyes could clearly seeThe Statue of Liberty sailing away to seaAnd I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the MayflowerWe come on the ship that sailed the moonWe come in the age's most uncertain hourAnd sing an American tuneBut it's all right, it's all rightYou can't be forever blessedStill, tomorrow's gonna be another working dayAnd I'm trying to get some restThat's all I'm trying to get some rest