America Will Survive - Hank Williams Jr.

People think we’re nearing the end of time

But we’ve had enough and we’ve drawn the line

Our flag is up since our people went down

And we’re together from the country to town

We live back in the woods you see

Big city problems never bothered me

But now the world has changed and so have I

And America can survive, America will survive!

We can plow our fields all day long

We can catch our fish from dusk 'til dawn

Yeah, we have toughed it out a time or two

These are dark days but we’re going to pull through

We grow good old tomatoes, we got hometown pride

America can survive, America is going to survive

'Cause you can’t scare us out, you can’t make us run

What we got here is freedom and fun

We say grace and we say «ma'am»

If they don’t like that, we don’t give a damn

We came from the West Virginia coal mines

The Rocky Mountains and the big city skylines

Hey, we can hit back and we’re going to be fine

'Cause this old country can survive, America can survive

I had a good friend in New York City

Never called Hank, he called me hillbilly

My grandpa taught me how to live off the land

And his taught him to be a street-smart man

He used to send me pictures of the Broadway lights

And I’d send him some of that homemade scuffling wine

He was lost like so many in the terrible strife

And we’re all asking God, now why?

Oh why?

I read, «A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye»

And that’s an old slogan we’re going to revive

'Cause America can survive, America will survive

'Cause you can’t scare us out, you can’t make us run

What we got here is freedom and fun

We say grace and we say «ma'am»

If they don’t like that, we don’t give a damn

We’re from North California and South Alabama

And all they’ve done is unite the whole land

There’s no more Yankees and Rebels this time

But one united people that stand behind

America can survive, America will survive

America can survive, America is going to survive