By happy hearts or broken
We stuck by you and you know
Your bold swagger made us forget
The dagger at our throat

You're always in a hurry and a rage
Now call it defiance
Or coming of age
But you've cast your last spell on us
You've bombed your last bridge to us

We used to love America
We used to love America

You would have won the world
By letting go
But then you lost your way
Your glory days are gone
So smile and roll over
We have so much more
In common today

All hail the stumbling child king
Coiling for the vanishing light
Now stay with us as brothers
Through this darkest of nights

We used to love America
We used to love America

And I remember how you sang
And we shall all sing again
Screw the rest - The west knows best

Yeah, I remember how you'd sing
And we shall all just sing again
Screw the rest - The west knows best

We used to love America