[Verse 1]
Oh, my love
It's a long way we’ve come
From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons
From the stony fields to hanging steel from the sky
From digging in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye

[Chorus]
These are the hands that built America
(Russian, Sioux, Dutch, Hindu)
Ah, America
(Polish, Irish, German, Italian)

[Verse 2]
Last saw your face in a watercolour sky
As sea birds argued a long goodbye
I took your kiss on the spray of the new line star
You gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so hard (Uh huh)

[Chorus]
And these are the hands that built America
(The Irish, the Blacks, the Chinese, the Jews)
Ah, America
(Korean, Hispanic, Muslim, Indian)

[Bridge]
Of all of the promises
Is this one we can keep?
Of all of the dreams
Is this one still out of reach?

[Outro]
It's early fall
There's a cloud on the New York skyline
Innocence dragged across a yellow line
These are the hands that built America
These are the hands that built America
Ah, America
Ah, America