Descripción de Jackson Browne - For America:

Jackson Browne - For America As if I really didn't understand That I was just another part of their plan I went off looking for the promise Believing in the Motherland And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed And the safety of my own head I went on speaking of the future While other people fought and bled The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America It's in my blood and in my bones By the dawn's early light By all I know is right We're going to reap what we have sown As if freedom was a question of might As if loyalty was black and white You hear people say it all the time "My country wrong or right" I want to know what that's got to do With what it takes to find out what's true Trying to keep it from you The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms Who send their sons to the Vietnams Will they really think their way of life Has been protected as the next war comes? I have prayed for America I was made for America Her shining dream plays in my mind By the rockets red glare A generation's blank stare We better wake her up this time The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America I can't let go till she comes around Until the land of the free Is awake and can see And until her conscience has been found For America 自分も大きな計画の一部だと まるで気がついてなかったみたいに 祖国を信じて 約束を果たそうと必死だった あたたかいベッドで夢を見て 自分の考えも疑いもせず 闘って血を流している人がいるのに 明るい未来ばかり語っていた 初めて家を出た時まだ子供だった 自由と自立した生活を求めて だけど真実を知った時 手に入れた自由は心地良くなかった 僕はアメリカのために祈り 生きるように育てられた 骨身にしみにじんだ 朝日が射し込み 思いに確信を抱く時 僕らは自分のまいた種を刈り取ろうとする 自由とは力の問題に過ぎず 忠誠とは警察へのものだと思う時 周りはこう言う "正しかろうが間違いだろうが私の国だ" いったい何から手をつければ 真実を見つけ出せるだろうか 大統領が先頭に立って みんなで真実を覆い隠そうとしている時 自分たちの息子をベトナムへと送った 父親や母親たち また戦争が起こったも 自分たちの暮らしが守られると考えるのか? 僕はアメリカのために祈り 生きるように育てられた アメリカの輝ける夢が 僕の心をもとあそぶ 宇宙船が出る灼熱の炎 うつろな目の今の国民たち 今度こそ目を覚まさせた方がいい 初めて家を出た時まだ子供だった 自由と自立した生活を求めて だけど真実を知った時 手に入れた自由は心地良くなかった 僕はアメリカのために祈り 生きるように育てられた 僕は全てを投げ出すわけにはいかない この自由の国が目を覚まし 全てを理解する日まで アメリカの良心が見いだされるまで