Hover's Open Their Arms
Plains and open skies
Billboards would advertise
Was it anything like that when you arrived?
Dreamboats carried the future to the heart of America
People were waiting in line
For the day to come
For a place by the river
It was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they'd tell me
The days were sweet and clear
It was a sweeter tune
And there was so much room
That people would come
Could come from everywhere
Now he arrives with his hopes
And his heart set on miracles
Come to marry his fortune
With a handful of promises
To find they've closed the door
They don't want him anymore
There isn't any more
To go around
Turning away he remembers
He once heard a legend
That spoke of a mystical, magical land
Called America
There was a time when strangers were welcome
Here
Music would play, they'd tell me
The days were sweet and clear
It was a sweeter tune
And there was so much room
That people could come from everywhere
Music would play, they'd tell me



The days were sweet and clear
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they'd tell me
The days were sweet and clear
There was a time when strangers were welcome here





There was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they'd tell me the days were sweet