Midnight in America

As I walk in wide eyed silence
Through the hallways of our history
Past the car where they killed Kennedy
The armchair where died Lincoln

I want to break the silence
But these days no one is listening
And though I try to push it from my mind
I can't help thinking

That it's midnight in America
It's midnight in America
Midnight in America

I prey upon this nation under God
The sun will someday shine again

Under headlines all divisive
Quakes a world devoid of wisdom
Seventeen are dead in Parkland
Now eleven more in Pittsburgh

And how can we break the cycle
When it seems they've fixed the system
And fifteen hundred missing children's
Not the sickness just the symptom

Of a midnight in America
It's midnight in America
Midnight in America
I pray upon this nation under God
The sun will someday shine again
Someday shine again
The sun will someday shine again
Will someday shine again

But I will keep on fighting for America
And living out the promise of America
Cause that's why momma's momma chose America
And I'm not giving up on my America

There's a woman laying whiskey down
It's how she spends her evenings
But from ten to four she's walking
Door to door handing out leaflets

With a mortgage and two children
For a world they can believe in
Well as long as her hearts beating mama
I'm not giving up on my America

I'm not giving up on my America
Cause that's why momma's momma chose America
And I'm not giving up on my America