Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face It's just the old man in me Washing his truck at the Sinclair station In the land of the free And his mother Adeline's family came on a ship Cut coal and planted a seed Down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania In the land of the free (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free (Land of the free, land of the free) (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free When I go out in my car, I don't think twice But if you're the wrong color skin You grow up looking over both your shoulders In the land of the free And how many killings must one man watch in his home 'Til he sees the price on the tag? Eight measured minutes and 46 seconds Another boy in the bag, another stain on the flag (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free (Land of the free, land of the free) Move on, there's nothing to see (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free Father in heaven, hear our plea Father in heaven, help us see How to lose our hatred and find your favor How to break these cycles and change our nature That we may walk underneath your banner In the land of the free (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free (Land of the free, land of the free) There's room for you and for me (Land of the free, land of the free) In the land of the free
