Story Behind The Song
Richard Fisher, an Englishman from Gloucestershire in England - after visiting the USA, was so moved by the welcome by the American people that he was inspired to write a song that described how he thought that Americans felt about themselves and about their country. Strangely enough, the writer of the first American Anthem was also an Englishman, and also from Gloucestershire...the circle turns...
Song Description
This is an inspirational, moving, patriotic heartbreaker of a song that embodies the spirit of the American People with a hugely powerful melody, contrasting chords and arrangement, and immensely moving lyrics that say everything about America using simple phraseology that tells what America and the American people are all about
| Song Length |
3:47 |
Genre |
Unique - Patriotic, Unique - Unclassified |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, Exultant |
Subject |
Patriotic, Hero |
| Similar Artists |
Tony Bennett, Randy Crawford |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
America My Home
Music & lyrics by Richard Fisher
There's an aching in my heart that won't be still
There's a land that's waiting just beyond the hill
America! America! Wherever I may be
Forever I will dream my dreams of thee.....
Oh-oh, be my right hand, be my shield - for I have far to go
Though the journey may be hard to bear - the pain hard not to show
America! America! Though oceans may us part
I'll forever hold thee deep inside my heart!
Though the songs of ancient lands may stir my veins
Seas and mountains I have seen but can't explain
Why nowhere else on God's good earth can hold me fierce and strong
As America - this land where I belong
America! America! Wherever I may roam
My heart beats true - America My Home! - My Home!