America

from The Great Escape by Emily Triggs

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America - Emily Triggs

You got the brave and strong
Colorado long
Smoky eastern skies
The Brooklyn Bridge
You got my friends and their kids
I miss you more each time we talk
The Northern Lights
Prairies big and wide
Redwoods in the west
Seattle and Cali
Where I visit my family
A place I’d love to live one day

I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
to help you hold the weight

You’ve got the Ozarks and their toys
Oklahoma boys
Smokey mountains too
West Virginia hills
Those hollers and those stills
We drove across those creek beds once
Minnesota candied skies
The Carolina’s
beaches and the dunes
Where we swam in the waves
with Chad, Adam and the Daves
Brothers on our college spring break

I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
to help you hold the weight

New York streets are calling me
Those Pittsburgh nights felt like home
Watching from here we all can see
The commoners carry the load

I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
To help you hold the weight

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from The Great Escape, released March 28, 2024

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