Only in America / When The Curtains of the Night are Peeled Back Lyrics by Matthew E. White
K Bay
2021
[Verse 1] We’ve done our best to turn our back, learned by heart the ways to tie a noose Even I heard how, and I was born in 1982 We set aside all that’s right, and we left behind is in the darkest night All the folks we didn’t want next to us, or even near to us, cruisin on our avenue We like it mean, a cowboy scene, and in the wind, The American Dream Singing sweetly across The South, blood on its hands, and blood on its mouth We like it rough, we like it tough, and if its blood wе owe than Jesus gave еnough For all the men and women and children we’ve bled out, In God We Trust, ain’t no doubt This is America Put your hand on your heart for the American Dream This is America Put your hand on your heart for the American Dream [Verse 2] When the curtains of this night are peeled back And we know what we’ve done in the darkness Our bodies will choke On the pillars of smoke That crawl from the blazes we started [Verse 3] When the curtains of this night are pinned back And the clouds are rolled up like a scroll When the fields have all burned But the storm has adjourned Our sorrows, like oceans, will roll [Break] This song’s for Walter Scott This song’s for Emmett Till This song’s for Philando Castile [Verse 4] When the curtains of this night are pinned back And the silence is thick with a light that’s unknown And the ashes have woven Themselves through the ground And the lies that were bought are now sold [Verse 5] When the curtains of this night are peeled back And it’s clear what we threw on the pyre We will shout for forgiveness For all bearing witness Or flagrantly fanning the fire [Outro] This song’s for Walter Scott This song’s for Emmett Till This song’s for Philando Castile This song’s for Sandra Bland Stephon Clark and Freddie Gray This song’s for Rodney King Michael Brown, Botham Jean Corey Jones and Tony Green This song’s for Martin Luther King
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