The thin red line it was my life to fight for King and country But Boney's gone, the job was done, old King George has no use for me There were times we laughed and danced, life was good we loved our land But now we starve in our backyard, the children die in their mothers' arms
We're sailing to America on a ship of dreams Going to start a new life in the New World We're sailing to America on a ship called Destiny Gone to make our fortune where the land is free
This great land we fought across to build the mighty iron horse The red man fought with bow and lance, he paid in blood for his savage arrogance
We're spreading 'cross America, build ourselves a dream Come to make a new life in the New World The vastness of America shapes our destiny Here to make our fortune where the land is free
And skies will burn and hearts will break and tears will fall for these dreams we make And fires will rage and hopes will fade through the wars we wage till the end of days
In a fortress called America shadows haunt our dreams Poisoning the new life in the New World Our wayward son America betrayed our destiny Threw away our fortune, chained a land that's free The land was free
White man came here long ago, he stole our land killed our buffalo He made us clowns in his Wild West show, ghost dancers sing he must go