From the recording Sometimes the Characters...
"America is great because America is good and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."—Alexis de Toequeville.
Dedicated to Chesty Puller, author of Fortunate Son". Fireworks remind me I wouldn't want to sleep under any other sky!
Don: Keyboards & Vocals. Joe McAvoy All Guitars. Walt Bass: Keyboards, Drums and Bass. Joe Stout: B-3. Olive Joseph Giles: Harmony & Background Vocals. Tom Altman: Keyboards. Engineers: Tom Altman, Dan Larubio, Walt Bass, Paul Krueger, Don McAvoy & Joe Stout. Produced by: Don McAvoy & Joe McAvoy.
Lyrics
People Make America Beautiful™
(© 1992 Don McAvoy, 1WMP, Inc., ASCAP)
* Humankind has paid for freedom's price
People built this nation as they laid down their lives
All their wisdom, all their courage
Have been the body of America
With evidence of their hearts, souls and minds
Their spirit is that breath of love...
That whispers, that whispers
*** People make America beautiful
People make America shine
People make America beautiful
We make this nation rise
* Dedication has guided us along
Attaining rights, victory, life and all freedoms
Where our youth have been, our children, our kids
The transcending messages to lives, times beyond our sight
Oh, how we've given so endlessly to every nation, every single
Country
Even to our worst enemies in emergencies
They also sing, they also sing...
** In God we trust for peace and salvation
And this land rooted in the brotherhood of man
* Our fabric's been woven in blood, sweat and tears
Ingrained in our hearts year after year
The world sees, the world sees. . .
*** Alleluia America, God bless you America
Oh, America