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Ani DiFranco - Grand Canyon lyrics
I love my country By which I mean I am indebted joyfully To all the people throughout its history Who have fought the government to make right Where so many cunning sons and daughters Our foremothers and forefathers Came singing through slaughter Came through hell and high water So that we could stand here And behold breathlessly the sight How a raging river of tears Cut a grand canyon of light Yes, I've bin so many places Flown through vast empty spaces With stewardesses whose hands Look much older than their faces I've tossed so many napkins Into that big hole in the sky Bin at the bottom of the Atlantic Seething in a two-ply Looking up through all that water And the fishes swimming by And I don't always feel lucky But I'm smart enough to try Cuz humility has buoyancy And above us only sky So I lean in Breathe deeper that brutal burning smell That surrounds the smoldering wreckage That I've come to love so well Yes, color me stunned and dazzled By all the red white and blue flashing lights In the American intersection Where black crashed head on with white Comes a melody Comes a rhythm A particular resonance That is us and only us Comes a screaming ambulance A hand that you can trust Laid steady on your chest Working for the better good (Which is good at its best) And too, bearing witness Like a woman bears a child... With all her might Born of the greatest pain Into a grand canyon of light I mean, no song has gone unsung here And this joint is strung crazy tight And people bin raising up their voices Since it just ain't bin right With all the righteous ra |
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