My name is America I live between two oceans blue And as nations go I'm a child who Is sadly now, torn in two I was born out of a dream And for that dream I'm on my knees tonight For there's shouting on the left and right I could use some help to mend this great divide Oh, help me heal These wounds I feel Please help me heal From these wounds I feel It's not the first time I've been torn The bloody redcoats shot and drove the natives from their homes Then the flood of immigrants all came 'round In hopes of 40 acres, a mule, and plow And the right to speak their truth out loud Then it was the Blue and Gray The North and South spilling blood over slavery Leaving a scar centuries deep Now they're still marchin' up and down my streets. My name is America I am wounded but I'm not down yet I am still the Great Experiment I was born from hope, and tears, and sweat And I'll hold to that hope with every breath My name is America