Grand Canyon Ani DiFranco

I love my country
By which i mean
I am indebted joyfully
To all the people throughout its history
Who have fought the government to make right
Where so many cunning sons and daughters
Our foremothers and forefathers
Came singing through slaughter
Came through hell and high water
So that we could stand here
And behold breathlessly the sight
How a raging river of tears
Cut a grand canyon of light

Yes, i've bin so many places
Flown through vast empty spaces
With stewardesses whose hands
Look much older than their faces
I've tossed so many napkins
Into that big hole in the sky
Bin at the bottom of the atlantic
Seething in a two-ply
Looking up through all that water
And the fishes swimming by
And i don't always feel lucky
But i'm smart enough to try
Cuz humility has buoyancy
And above us only sky
So i lean in
Breathe deeper that brutal burning smell
That surrounds the smoldering wreckage
That i've come to love so well
Yes, color me stunned and dazzled
By all the red white and blue flashing lights
In the american intersection
Where black crashed head on with white
Comes a melody
Comes a rhythm
A particular resonance
That is us and only us
Comes a screaming ambulance
A hand that you can trust
Laid steady on your chest
Working for the better good
(which is good at its best)
And too, bearing witness
Like a woman bears a child:
With all her might