Oh America • Lyrics

Lyrics/Howard Shapiro/©1988 Kumanu Music BMI

Music/Gregg Perry/© 2026 Peck Tunes ASCAP

My heart is filled with love deep and true

As I think of your beauty and your fame

Where the hand of God touches land and sea

Oh America you mean so much to me

Speak out of changing times and pain

For what you’ve been may soon be gone

There are those who care and wish to live out your dreams

Oh America we want to share

Born of values oh so true

Shining bright and crystal new

We must live up to your dream

To feed the hungry, help those in need

This your message, this your creed

Do not turn from what is right

Do not turn from the light

From the Rockies your steeple tall

To your deserts and flowing plains

Your shining spirit still remains

Like a beacon across the night

Let freedom call

And give us strength to stand tall

Born of values oh so true

Shining bright and crystal new

We must live up to your dream

To feed the hungry, help those in need

This your message, this your creed

Do not turn from what is right

Do not turn from the light

Oh America

My heart reaches out to you

With love so deep, a love so true

Let us love again

And reach out our hand

One people one land

Oh America 

Break the chains that bind

Leave fear and anger far behind

There are no walls

Too high to scale

With love and faith we cannot fail

Born of values oh so true

Shining bright and crystal new

We must live up to your dream

To feed the hungry, help those in need

This your message, this your creed

Do not turn from what is right

Do not turn from the light