Better Than We Found It

Album: single release only (2020)
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  • "If you don't like it, then get the hell out"
    That's what they yell when I open my mouth
    A stick is a stick, a stone is a stone
    But who's gonna care if I don't?
    Who's gonna change if I won't?

    When time turns this moment to dust
    I just hope that I'm proud of the woman I was
    When lines of tomorrow are drawn
    Can I live with the side that I chose to be on?
    Will we sit on our hands, do nothing about it?
    Or will we leave this world better than we found it?

    Over and under and above the law
    My neighbor's in danger, who does he call?
    When the wolf's at the door all covered in blue
    Shouldn't we try something new?
    We're over a barrel and at the end of one too

    When time turns this moment to dust
    I just hope that I'm proud of the woman I was
    When lines of tomorrow are drawn
    Can I live with the side that I chose to be on?
    Will we sit on our hands, do nothing about it?
    Or will we leave this world better than we found it?

    America, America
    Divided we fall
    America, America
    God save us all
    From ourselves and the Hell
    That we've built for our kids
    America, America
    We're better than this

    When time turns this moment to dust
    I just hope my son's proud of the woman I was
    When lines of tomorrow are drawn
    Can I live with the side that I chose to be on?
    Will we sit on our hands, do nothing about it?
    Can we leave this world better than we found it?

    America
    America Writer/s: Jessie Jo Dillon, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Jeanne Veltz, Maren Larae Morris
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CINQ PUBLISHING, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Round Hill, Universal Music Publishing Group
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