Stones in the Road (Live - Her Majesty’s Theater, London) Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
When we were young, we pledged allegiance
Every morning of our lives
The classroom rang with children's voices
Under teacher's watchful eye
We learned about the world around us
At our desks and at dinnertime
Reminded of the starving children
We cleaned our plates with guilty minds

[Chorus]
And the stones in the road
Shone like diamonds in the dust
And then a voice called to us
To make our way back home

[Verse 2]
When I was ten, my father held me
On his shoulders above the crowd
To see a train draped in mourning
Pass slowly through our town
His widow kneeled with all their children
At the sacred burial ground
And the TV glowed that long hot summer
With all the cities burning down