America

You have an eye like a far-reaching lens

You didn’t come to change who I am
You came to discover me, understand
Like when you wandered through America then

You
didn’t want me smaller or thin
Didn’t want me pretty for you
Didn’t want fewer tears within
You only wanted me to loosen my grip too

You
have a heart in sunset tones
You didn’t come to change who I am
You came to discover me, unknown
Like when you wandered through America then

You
didn’t want to reduce my space
Didn’t want me clinging close to you
Didn’t want me to quit, to put out the flame
Only to learn how to dance with it too

You
have a hand held open in silence
You didn’t hold me, you just stayed
Didn’t arrange me, didn’t define it
Only pointed softly to the way

?So
what did you find on the journey to me
Like when you found yourself, roaming America, free