Is this just an illusion
That I made inside my head to get me by?
20 years in debt

20 years in the government
20 years can never get me by


Then I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Feel you close like you wanted me to

Believe in you

Rise to the top of the world, America

America, don't you cry
Lift me up
Give me strength to press on

Rise to the top of the world, America
America, don't you cry
Lift me up

Give me strength to press on

From farmers in the fields

To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise
1-7-7-6
The names upon the list

For all the ones that gave until they died
Don't you hold back
I can see in your mind, and your mind will set you free


And I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to

Feel you close like you wanted me to
Believe in you


Rise to the top of the world, America
America, don't you cry
Lift me up

Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world, America
America, don't you cry

Lift me up
Give me strength to press on


Rise to the top of the world, America
America, don't you cry
Lift me up

Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world, America
America, don't you cry

Lift me up
Give me strength to press on