Joel Glenn Wixson - Looking for America Lyrics

I try to smile
And just pretend that
In the end
It won't turn out that bad

But in the din
Of lies and static
It seems like fear is automatic
And

I'm looking for America
Looking through the pain that's got me down
Looking for America
Even though it seems she's not around

Was there a time
When truth was true and
I thought about somebody
Not just me?

Neighbors never needed
Proof and
Being safe meant less
Than being free?

I'm looking for America
I'm looking for the soul not just the place
Looking for America
Even though I can't recall her face

In a sea of red and white and blue
I'm looking for a drop of what I knew
It seems to me that there was once a time
That common sense was not this hard to find

But when it seems
My hope is waning
And there's no need
To keep refraining from

Just lashing out
In pain and anger
And blaming someone else
For what's become

That's when I find America
She's right there in the eyes of those who see
Because they know America
Was never more or less than you and me

Oh say, can you see?