This Is Now America Songtext
von Magne Furuholmen

Way down in the basement
She finds to her amazement
A diary from when she was a girl
A time of high romance
Her face so pure and honest
Without a care or concern

That was then America
That was then America
Now we know what we′re worth
This is now America
This is now America
This is your place in the world

No bridge to cross divides
A broken joy ride
With a monkey at the wheels
Foreclose on the bad loan
Now they'll all stay home
Wolves snapping at their heels


Shooting stars and muscle cars
Fairylights and apple pie
And now I don′t know where they are
Pillars in the sky

This is now America
This is now America
Oh how little we have learned
This is now America
This is now America
Is there no way to turn?

She longs for simple times
Less clutter on the mind
Like it should've been
She lies awake at night
So hard to reconcile
All the remnants of her dream

Shooting sprees in the schoolyard
Border walls and prison guards
Now we rule the way we are
Drones in the sky


This is now America
This is now America
Now I know what we're worth
This is now America
This is now America
This is your place in the world

This is now America
This is now America
Oh how little we have learned
This is now America
This is now America
Is there no way to turn?