Frank Sinatra — The House I Live In - Original lyrics
The page contains the lyrics of the song "The House I Live In - Original" by Frank Sinatra.
Lyrics
What is America to me
A name, a map, or a flag I see
A certain word, democracy
What is America to me The house I live in A plot of earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher
Or the people that I meet
The children in the playground
The faces that I see
All races and religions
That’s America to me The place I work in The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and diedThe howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That’s America to me The things I see about me The big things and the small
That little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall
The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
And the dream that’s been a growing
For more than two hundred years
The town I live in The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or the garden all in bloom
The church the school the clubhouse
The millions lights I see
But especially the people
— Yes especially the people
That’s America to me