PEOPLE THINK
WE'RE NEARING
THE END OF TIME
BUT WE'VE
HAD ENOUGH
AND WE'VE DRAWN
THE LINE
OUR FLAG IS UP
SINCE OUR PEOPLE
WENT DOWN
AND NOW
WE'RE TOGETHER
FROM THE COUNTRY
TO TOWN
WE LIVE BACK
IN THE WOODS YOU SEE
BIG CITY PROBLEMS
NEVER
BOTHERED ME
BUT NOW THE WORLD
HAS CHANGED
AND SO HAVE I
AND AMERICA
CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA WILL SURVIVE
WE CAN
PLOW OUR FIELDS
ALL DAY LONG
WE CAN CATCH
OUR FISH
FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN
YEAH
WE HAVE
TOUGHED IT OUT
A TIME OR TWO
THESE ARE DARK DAYS
BUT WE'RE GONNA
PULL THROUGH
WE GROW
GOOD OL' TOMATOES
WE GOT HOMETOWN
PRIDE
AMERICA CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA'S GONNA
SURVIVE
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T
SCARE US OUT
YOU CAN'T MAKE US
RUN
WHAT WE GOT HERE
IS FREEDOM AND FUN
WE SAY GRACE
WE SAY MA'AM
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT
WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WE CAME FROM
THE WEST VIRGINIA
COAL MINES
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
AND THE BIG CITY
SKYLINES
HEY WE CAN HIT BACK
AND WE'RE GONNA' BE
FINE
'CAUSE
THIS OL' COUNTRY
CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA CAN SURVIVE
YEAH
I HAD A GOOD FRIEND
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEVER CALLED ME HANK
HE CALLED ME HILLBILLY
MY GRANDPA
TAUGHT ME
HOW TO LIVE OFF
THE LAND
AND HIS TAUGHT HIM
TO BE A STREET SMART
MAN
HE USED TO SEND ME
PICTURES
OF THE
BROADWAY LIGHTS
AND I'D SEND HIM
SOME OF THAT
HOMEMADE SCUFFLIN'
WINE
HE WAS LOST
LIKE SO MANY
IN THE TERRIBLE
STRIFE
AND WE'RE ALL
ASKING GOD NOW
WHY OH WHY
I READ A TOOTH
FOR A TOOTH
AND AN EYE
FOR AN EYE
AND THAT'S
AN OLD SLOGAN
WE'RE GONNA REVIVE
'CAUSE AMERICA
CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA WILL SURVIVE
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T
SCARE US OUT
AND YOU CAN'T
MAKE 'EM RUN
WE'RE THEM BOYS
AND GIRLS THAT HAVE
FREEDOM AND FUN
WE SAY GRACE
WE SAY MA'AM
IF THEY DON'T LIKE THAT
WE GIVE LESS
THAN A DAMN
WE'RE FROM
NORTH CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTH ALABAM'
AND ALL THEY'VE DONE
IS UNITE
THE WHOLE LAND
THERE'S NO MORE
YANKEES
AND REBELS THIS TIME
BUT ONE UNITED PEOPLE
THAT STAND BEHIND
AMERICA CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA WILL SURVIVE
AMERICA CAN SURVIVE
AMERICA'S GONNA
SURVIVE