You ask me why I love her       give me time, I'll explain       Have you seen a Kansas sunset       or an Arizona rain       Have you drifted down a bayou       down Louisiana way       Have you watched the cold fog drifting       over San Francisco bay       Have you heard a Bobwhite calling       in the Carolina pines       Or heard the bellow of a diesel       in the Appalachia mines       Does the call of Niagara thrill you       when you hear her waters roar       Look with awe and wonder       at a Massachusetts shore       Where men who braved a hard new world       first stepped on Plymouth Rock       Do you think of them when you walk along       a New York city dock       Have you seen a snowflake drifting       in the Rockies way up high       Have you seen the sun come blazing down       from a bright Nevada sky       Do you hail to the Columbia as she       rushes to the sea       Or bow your head at Gettysburg       in our struggle to be free       Have you seen the mighty Teton       watched an eagle soar       Have you seen the Mississippi       roll along Missouri shore       Have you felt a chill at Michigan,       when on a winters day       her waters rage along the shore       in a thunderous display       Does the word aloha make you warm,       do you stare in disbelief       when you see the surf come roaring       in at Waimea reef       I have a million reasons why       My beautiful America beneath       Gods wide wide sky       From Alaska's gold to the Everglades       from the Rio Grand to Maine       My heart cries out, my pulse runs fast       the might of her domain       You ask me why I love her

Copyright ©1973
DeVere Corporation (ASCAP), Batjac Music Company (ASCAP)
Words & Music: Liebert , John Mitchum , Howard Barnes

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