Democracy settles beneath the pact
between the bad guys and the businessman
it's chocked by hate and by man-made mistakes
it has dust all around its edge
Come one
don’t let it go to waste,
You’ve seen the Carpenter hills
and the Arizona lakes
You’ve seen the way a mother works to pay the rent
it’s in the U.S.A where dreams are made
Oh, democracy won’t you wake up and find us again?
Looking at the railroads and trains
it’s the place where technology bolted to wake
and it’s here the man grow greedy and they search for fame
but I know an American household by the union and a hard workday,
Oh, democracy won’t you wake up and find us again?
I sometimes think the hope is dwindling with the hate
fear of the neighbor and fear of a foreign face
the fear of having no more space
but a land that was built on freedom cannot be contained
Oh, democracy won’t you wake up and find us again?
There’s a willow tree by Texas state
I’ve never seen it bend to the wind
it’s the home of the proud and home of the brave
the shelter of the foreigner built by the thirst for change
it’s here the man finds his way through the glory and pain
where dreams come to die but resurrect the next day
it's here they sing: “democracy is coming to the U.S.A”
You’ve seen the little kids stand and then kneel at the flag
You’ve seen them fight and heard their cries
Freedom for some ain’t freedom for all
and justice doesn’t seem to know how to walk
among the churches and the mosques
along with the voices of the believers in God
among those that the country and law forgot,
But you’ve seen the lights and art on the west side
you've seen the mesmerizing Hollywood sign
the Las Vegas Strip shining like faraway stars
and a single father trying to make his son proud
the elder and the young
the sick and those in the arms of harm
democracy is in their face and soul
it's brewing inside their bones,
Democracy resides in diversity and its pride
between the people and their land
it’s lit up by fate and the good man
it's devoided from all kinds of hate
I think democracy has woken up again.
