I hear their battle cries
And in their eyes
What I see terrifies me
Fervor rises, we can smell the hate
Envisioning their better world
They pump their fists
And slogans hurl
No rationale can reach them
In this state
How long will this take?
Our very homeland is at stake
Yes, it is flawed
But it is already great
We wish no one to go hungry
Not one soul without a bed
Our mission should be one of love
And yet we find instead
We're losing sight
Of the light ahead
There are no bombs or tanks
Within our ranks
To crush us as we sleep
A truth that we all keep
Within our heart
But things can change
We all know that
A bomb can burst in seconds flat
The greatest empire, Rome,
Doomed from the start
Politicians play their power games
So few are here to serve
How dare they have the nerve
To supersede us?
We are numbers, mere abstractions
All their rhetoric, distractions
Yet in the end it's clear
That they still need us
How long will this take?
Our very homeland is at stake
Yes, it is flawed
But it is already great
We wish no one to go hungry
Not one soul without a bed
Our mission should be one of love
And yet we find instead
We're losing sight
Of the light ahead
America, will you fall down,
As many empires do?
America, my home sweet home
I still want to believe in you
How long will this take?
Our very homeland is at stake
Yes, we are flawed
But we are already great
We wish no one to go hungry
Not one soul without a bed
Our mission should be one of love
And yet we find instead
We're losing sight
Of the light ahead
Don't lose sight
Of the light ahead
America
A rainy night in Troy
It pours down from the sky
Where do all the unhoused go
For shelter to keep dry?
Inside the private spaces
Of this privileged world we know
It isn't always easy
To see what doesn't show
As I was walking to my car
I caught a woman's eye
And I'm ashamed now to admit
That I just passed her by
How can I do a thing to help?
My heart breaks every day
Five dollars and smile to give
It seems the only way
We live in a world
Undoubtedly unfair
Where people standing near to us
Are burdened with despair
If we cannot change the world
At least we can be kind
A smile, a nod, a show of love
A little light from up above
Be the change you want to see
Don't help things to remain
Just try to be A shelter in the rain
Sunny hot, unbearable
The city's heat consumes
Not everyone can find relief
From the concrete and the fumes
The cool lives in the light of day
In a refuge for the few
Places neatly tucked away
I know them, so do you
We live in a world
Undoubtedly unfair
Where people standing near to us
Are burdened with despair
If we cannot change the world
At least we can be kind
A smile, a nod, a show of love
A little light from up above
Be the change you want to see
Don't help things to remain
Just try to be
A shelter in the rain
I can sing this song all day
But I can't make it go away
Desperate in need are we
To see each other free
A rainy night in Troy
Shadows pass by on the street
I sigh and wonder at it all
Yet in my heart I keep
A lasting hope, a burning love
A little light from up above
I will be a keeper of the flame
I will try to be a shelter in the rain
A lasting hope, a burning love
A little light from up above
I will be a keeper of the flame
I will try to be a shelter
I will try to be a shelter
We must try to be
The shelter in the rain
I thought of you again today
Though many years you've been away
You're in my heart, forevermore
Friends I've known throughout the years
Not all remain, but they're still here
Inside my heart
I can never forget the times we had
They are part of who I am
Wherever you may be
You still live in me
And you always will
Until my time is done
And I hope it's understood
I'm gonna love you all
Til the sun goes down for good
Sometimes you come to me in dreams
I close my eyes and now it seems
You're here with me, forevermore
It's like you never left this place
And you're not lost to time and space
You're here with me, forevermore
I can never forget the times we had
They are part of who I am
Wherever you may be
You still live in me
And you always will
Until my time is done
And I hope it's understood
I'm gonna love you all
Til the sun goes down for good
I shout out into the air
Hoping you might still be there
And you might hear me
Somehow be near me
Wherever you may be
You still live in me
And you always will
Until my time is done
And I hope it's understood
I'm gonna love you all
Til the sun goes down for good
I'm gonna love you all
Till the sun goes down for good
Long before this place had a name
Centuries ago
It was home to countless souls
Whose stories we'll never know
But not everyone is lost to us
Gone with the winds of time
Through our history
We keep the memories
Of some of these people alive
Their names continue to thrive
A man named William Palmer
Was a friend to those not his kin
By their side he battled to save their land
So they named this place after him
So they named this place after him
Duncan McGregor, he built on the hill
A hotel where his business he plied
One day that would be home
To President Grant
The mountain upon which he died
The mountain upon which he died
Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done
It continues into the future
With every rising sun
Palmertown soon became a place
Where commerce was gaining a hold
Sadly natives left here
When the new days arrived
Gone were the days of old
Gone were the days of old
Mary Brainerd kept a diary
Of her life back in nineteen and ten
If we read these pages, we can see
What life looked like way back then
What life looked like way back then
Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done
It goes on into the future
With every rising sun
For a time, small farms existed here
Communities sharing the load
But they faded away
With the changing of times (and)
New industry just down the road
New industry just down the road
Between two larger cities
One above and one below
It's a peaceful and beautiful place to live
Where families thrive and grow
Where families thrive and grow
Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done
It goes on into the future
With every setting sun
And every rising sun
With every setting sun
And every rising sun
Here at home in Wilton
I'm Elizabeth, like the queen
I'm Liz Taylor like on the screen
No matter what you see
I'm still the same
I'm a novice and I'm a sage
And I'm waiting to come of age
With each moment
I'm just trying to play the game
You know a rose is still a rose
By any name
I'm a sister and I'm a friend
I'm a mother until the end
I'll be all these things
Until my life has flown
And the path that has led me here
Has been anything but clear
But there's till one truth
My heart has always known
That a rose is still a rose
All on its own
Behind all of this masquerade
We are more alike than not
But I am also guilty
Of believing in the plot
The truth, it seems, is something
Somehow we forgot
We've been through so much to get here
Made a pilgrimage through the fear
Each one of us
Has had our share for sure
We rejoice in what we know
As we let our love light show
And we open up our hearts
Just like a door
We know a rose is still a rose
A rose is still a rose
For evermore
How did you get here?
Just who let you in?
I can't understand this
Here we go again
The masses are enchanted
The bar is hanging low
Smoke and mirrors win the day
As you start your show
Time will tell if this is hell
They believed - your magic spell
The world out there is watching
They sigh in disbelief
Progress that we made
Makes a swift retreat
Rights for all, watch them fall
Who will hear our desperate call?
Turn, turn, watch the world turn
Will we ever learn?
You ain't bright
But you put on quite a show
The emperor is wearing
A brand-new set of clothes
On the edge of the ledge
It's our fault - we made our bed
Yes we did - we made our bed
Things were going good for awhile
But then we let it slip
Got a hole in the hull
Now it's time to turn the ship
It's become a problem
For every last one of us
This tiny ball of blue it's true has become
Dangerous
Had it good growin up
Never knew a single consequence
But we've burned every bridge since then
And torn down every fence
Mother earth is hurting now
And I think we've lost her trust
She sees us for what we are to her
Dangerous
Sometimes I feel locked inside
Like I really don't have a choice
Now it's gotten to the point
Where none of us has a voice
Not a single one of us
It's dangerous
In one hundred years from now
That coastline won't look the same
Florida will be under water
That'll be a brand-new game
It feels like we don't believe
The change is up to us
The way that it has got to be
It's not an 'if' it's a 'must'
It's dangerous
Powerless, we look on
While greed takes over the land
The road ahead does not look good
The wheel's slippin out of our hands
When we first got here on this ride
It was do or die or bust
But we forgot our way back home
We lost control of the bus
It's dangerous
Where we gonna go?
It's the only home we know
And it's facing all of us
It's dangerous
We got it off our chest
Now I think it's best to put it away
We won't be seeing eye to eye today
But you gotta know, I'm here to stay
I'm your forever friend
I hope to make it clear, that I'm here
There's no worry there
Sometimes it's really best
To get it out into the air
But you know, I'll always care
I'll be there til the end
Every motor running is gonna stall
Every person walking is gonna fall
That doesn't change a thing at all
Sometimes you wanna run
When the fun is hard to find
But you aint gotta worry
I'm not changing my mind
Our kind of friendship is hard to find
So I'm gonna remind you again
I'm your forever friend
I'm your forever friend
That clock in the sky
Is ticking faster everyday
I cannot comprehend
How the years have slipped away
I thought I saw an old friend
Just the other day
But that wasn't so
He was long gone into the fray
I remember very well
What it felt to be 23
Everything was possible
My life ahead of me
My vision wasn't clear
But the path ahead was free
The world was just waiting
There at 23
No remorse, no stone unturned
Every song was sung
Not a bridge was burned
Richer for the lessons learned
So I'll say
I got no regrets today
I remember 39
Holding my infant son
If you'da told me life was just a game
I woulda told you that I won
And it was just the start
Of a whole new life to come
The future was mine
There at 39
I remember 58
My son moved away from home
It wasn't easy then
Starting all over alone
The time remaining now
Was less than the time I'd known
The hour was late
There at 58
No remorse, no stone unturned
Every song was sung
Not a bridge was burned
Richer for the lessons learned
So I'll say
I got no regrets today
Closing in on 62
Things look so different now
Just want this old soul to thrive
And it doesn't really matter how
From here on in
I guess it's gravy anyhow
But I'm living strong
And I'm living true
Into 62
No remorse, no stone unturned
Every song was sung
Not a bridge was burned
Richer for the lessons learned
So I'll say, oh...
No remorse, no stone unturned
Every song was sung
Not a bridge was burned
Richer for the lessons learned
So I'll say, I gotta say...
I got no regrets today