Question About Willie Nelson at Convention

[GiovanniC]

What was the name of the song that he sang? I'm not usually a huge fan of his music, but I really liked that song.

[sandnsea]

1. Me too

I'm a HUGE Willie Nelson fan and I loved that song. But I swear I can't even remember the music right now. Not even a word. But I remember liking it. If you can give me a few words in the chorus, I'll go see if I can Yahoo it up.

[GiovanniC]

2. I Can't Remember the Chorus Either

But I remember a slow part where he was singing, "Give us your weak, and we'll make them strong" or something like that. I've tried Google but I can't remember enough to be completely effective.

Anyone? Please?

[sandnsea]

4. Living in the Promised Land

Here's the lyrics, I'm going to get that CD.

http://www.songbirdcry.com/land.htm

[LWolf]

3. "Living in a Promised Land."

Good song; I would have preferred "Jimmy's Road" or "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth," myself.

"Living in a Promised Land."

Give us your tired and weak
And we will make them strong
Bring us your foreign songs
And we will sing along
Leave us your broken dreams
We'll give them time to mend
There's still a lot of love
Livin' in the Promised Land

Livin' in the Promised Land
Our dreams are made of steel
The prayer of every man
Is to know how freedom feels
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Livin' in the Promised Land

So we came from a distant isle
Nameless woman, faithless child
Like a bad dream
Until there was no room at all
No place to run, and no place to fall
Give us your daily bread
We have no shoes to wear
No place to call our home
Only this cross to bare
We are the multitudes
Lend us a helping hand
Is there no love anymore
Livin' in the Promised Land

Livin' in the Promised Land
Our dreams are made of steel
The prayer of every man
Is to know how freedom feels
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Livin' in the Promised Land

And room for everyone
Livin' in the Promised Land

[sandnsea]

5. Thanks!

You beat me to it! If Americans don't start remembering what this country is supposed to be about, there's no hope for any peace anywhere anyway. That was the point of the convention. And America is responding. That's a good thing.

[LWolf]

6. Yes, it is a good thing.

I appreciate your pointing this out:

If Americans don't start remembering what this country is supposed to be about, there's no hope for any peace anywhere anyway. That was the point of the convention.