Faces
Of America
This song is on Dan Fogelberg's 1993 album "River of Souls" - I have that CD The picture I use for this song is of my grandfather Martin Mortensen There
was a time, a simpler time I had
a family and friends, oh so many friends Certain
things that you depend upon I was
born on a farm, a mid-western farm But
then came four years of drought and the bottom dropped out Certain
things that you depend upon There
was a time, a simpler time Certain
things that you depend upon I used to think were guaranteed ~~~
Dan Fogelberg ~~~
He was born July 13,1889
He was one of the great Faces of America
When a man could be sure of where he stood
I used to work at the yard, working honest and hard
The hours were long but the pay was oh so good
We'd drive to the lake on holidays
Back then it wasn't so dear for a sandwich or beer
At night I still dream I can see their faces
There are places that you know
And the faces of America
Oh, where do they go, where did they go
I rode on the tractor with my dad
And though we never had much it was always enough
And we made the best with what we had
My father was broken like the rest
And I can still see his hands signing over his lands
And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the dispossessed
There are places I can go I sift the ashes of America
For someplace I used to know
Someplace I used to know
Someplace I used to know
When a man could be sure of where he stood
I used to work at the yard, working honest and hard
The hours were long but the pay was oh so good
Like the right of every man to work And feed his family
And the faces of America seem so distant and estranged
Have their eyes become too blind to see
How much their hearts have changed
How much their hearts have changed
How much their hearts have changed