Lyrics

I swam across the Rio Grande
To come into this better land
And try to make a better life
For my children and for my wife

But if they come for me, then I will have to flee
It's such a tragedy IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

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From shining sea to shining sea
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
There's too much pain and poverty
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

I've worked hard for so many years
And so have all my friends and peers
But now the jobs we had are gone
They took them over to Hong Kong

It's far across the sea, but they did not take me
Tell me how this can be IN THE LAND OF THE FREE?

CHORUS: (Repeat)

BRIDGE:
Our Founding Fathers surely would turn over in their graves
If they could see the shape this country's in
And though we love her and she's still the home of the brave
If the deck's stacked, then how can the brave win?

I've come home from the desert wars
I've seen too much, my wounds are sore
My life has changed for evermore
I'm not sure what I was there for

Soon after I got home, my wife left me alone
She said she couldn't see just what was wrong with me

CHORUS: (Repeat)