American Child Songtext

von John Denver

Goin' up to Alaska, up to the land of the Midnight Sun where the whale and polar bear run o'er the icy blue sea Goin' up to Alaska, up to the north and the pioneer life where courage and strength still survive and a man can be free

American Child does the call of the wild ever sing thru the mist of your dreams?
Does it fly with the wind when you waken again?When it's gone do you know what it means?
Can you picture the time when a man had to find his own way through an unbroken land Before the machine changed the blue and the green to something you can't understand?

American Child there's a burning inside you that calls you away through the cold
To come back again to all that you've been Can't you see that it's time to come home To the flowers and the trees and the rivers and the seas and the earth who's the mother of all? A promise once made will it shine, will it fade will we rise with the vision or fall?

Goin' up to Alaska, up to the land of the Midnight Sun where the whale and polar bear run o'er the icy blue sea Goin' up to Alaska, up to the north and the pioneer life where courage and strength still survive and a man can be free Men can be free Goin' up to Alaska, goin' up to Alaska, goin' up to Alaska