[00:23.76]A wise man was telling stories to me
[00:26.37]About the places he had been to
[00:28.95]And the things that he had seen
[00:30.54]A quiet voice is singing something to me
[00:37.29]An age old song about the home of the brave
[00:40.89]In this land here of the free
[00:41.91]One time one night in
[00:44.55]America A lady dressed in white with the man she loved
[00:53.16]Standing along the side of their pickup truck
[00:59.19]A shot rang out in the night
[01:00.87]Just when everything seemed right
[01:03.45]Another headline written down in
[01:05.79]America The guy that lived next door in #305
[01:14.22]Took the kids to the park and disappeared
[01:16.17]About half past nine
[01:20.58]Who will ever know
[01:22.14]How much she loved them so
[01:25.23]That dark night alone in
[01:27.51]America A quiet voice is singing something to me
[01:34.71]An age old song about the home of the brave
[01:38.01]In this land here of the free
[01:39.90]One time one night in
[01:40.98]America Four small boys playing ball in a parking lot
[01:50.52]A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
[01:57.96]A car skidded into the rain
[02:00.48]Making the last little one a saint
[02:01.98]One more light goes out in
[02:02.46]America A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
[02:14.16]She hopes for a heaven while for her
[02:15.96]There's just this hell
[02:20.37]She gave away her life
[02:21.90]To become somebody's wife
[02:24.84]Another wish unanswered in
[02:26.82]America People having so much faith
[02:32.85]Die too soon while all the rest come late
[02:38.10]We write a song that no one sings
[02:40.44]On a cold black stone
[02:41.64]Where a lasting peace will finally bring
[02:44.67]The sunlight plays upon my windowpane
[03:15.30]I wake up to a world that's still the same
[03:18.27]My father said to be strong
[03:23.01]And that a good man could never do wrong
[03:25.74]In a dream
[03:26.55]I had last night in
[03:27.96]America A wise man was telling storie to me
[03:35.31]About the places he had been to
[03:39.51]And the things that he had seen
[03:40.11]A quiet voice is singing something to me
[03:41.10]An age old song about the home of the brave
[03:50.82]In this land here of the free
[03:52.68]One time one night in
[03:57.51]America