‘Midst the pictures of the missing
And the flag at half mast
And the tears of ringing sorrow
Nerves jangling from the blast
And the films deemed unnecessary
Cause the same thing’s on the news
Old enemies embracing
There’s no conflicting views
And the once-crass politicians
Become leaders before our eyes
And our lives, like the lottery
As far as who lives or dies

And you see it on every street corner
That love is stronger than hatred
And the strong will survive
America, Hometown of the World
America, Hometown of the World

From the towers of New York City
To the dusts of San Antone
Boulevards of Los Angeles
Dakota faces carved in stone
Maybe your grandma and your grandma
Sailed the ocean long ago
Hope in every drop of blood
Hearts to melt the snow
And you can knock down a building
You can kill a woman or a man
From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Golden Gate
What¹s born in love will stand

And you see it on every street corner
That love is stronger than hatred
And the strong will survive
America, Hometown of the World
America, Hometown of the World

Over there is Brooklyn
Chicago, Seattle, Miami
Dallas, Las Vegas, Minneapolis
Oklahoma City, Memphis, Tennessee
Out of the rubble of the ruins still smoking
Of the stones and twisted iron
And the searchers scraped and choking
Comes a new hymn of allegiance
To compassion and rebirth
Every color of the rainbow in every corner of the Earth
And let the enemies of liberty from this day forward tremble
Let hatred and oppression
Die with the heroes in the rubble

And you see it on every street corner
That love is stronger than hatred
And the strong will survive
America, Hometown of the World
America, Hometown of the World

(lyrics: Dan Bern)