The Joe Raposo Tapes - 6

Joe plays piano and conducts the child choir and orchestra of the East Third Street Music School.

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[HomeStarRunnerTron]

America is the [?!] of a man on top of a [?!] [?!] telling [?!] And each one is special [?!] In America! ... America!-- You can build a stronger dam. You can make a faster plane. Irrigate a barren desert that is crying out for rain. Anything you can dream you can do. It's up to you! America is the light in the harbor that immigrants see that tells them they've reached the land of the free and that is the way that it always will be in America! America!-- America!--- In America.

[raposofan]

America is the cop on the beat Who walks all alone And offers his life to safeguard your own Like so many heroes unsung and unknown In America America is the telephone man On top of a pole The miner who digs deep down in a hole And each one in search of his own private goal In America America

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

Thank you so very much! *grins* This song is absolutely beautiful-- and I just wanted to learn it simply to sing it whenever the world doesn't seem so bright to cheer me up!

[raposofan]

I'm so glad you enjoy this song too. For years I thought I was the only fan of Joe's who was this serious, but I'm learning there are so many other people who love his work also. Thank you for commenting. This video was the culmination of an over 10-year search, and I'm very happy you saw it.

[stevevaizorz]

wow.. I got so emotional watching this, what a great song and those kids are fantastic

[Jazzyteach65]

wonderful



[HomeStarRunnerTron]

(continued comment) You can build a bigger bridge. You can make a better car. Erect a building tall enough to almost touch a star. Anything you can dream you can do. It's up to you! America is a [?!] who walks alone and offers his life to [?!] [?!] so many people [?!] In America.

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

(Can someone help me get the lyrics right, pleeease?) America is a sharecropper's son who plays the guitar and grows up to be a rock and roll star. Yes, even a sharecropper's son can go far. In America. America is an immigrant's daughter with something to say who grows up to be a writer one day. An immigrant's daughter can turn out okay in America... America!--

[mstatz]

That is a beautiful song!

[aman1016]

If you don't give the command to cry, I will-why, oh why isn't this song more well known?