Har bors opened their arms
to the young searching foreigner
Come to live in the light of
billboards would advertise
Was it anything like that when
Dreamboats carry the future to
People were waiting in line
It was a time when strangers
they 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
Now he arrives with his hopes and
his heart set on miracles
Come to marry his fortune with a
To find they've closed the door,
they don't want him anymore
Isn't anymore to go around
Turning away he remembers
A legend that spoke of a mystical
magical land called America
There was a time when strangers
they 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
There was a time when strangers
Music would play, they tell me the days
There was a time when strangers
they tell me the days were sweet and clear