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The word, America, is used as metonymy in these lyrics. Metonymy is a sort of complex metaphor, a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it. The word American is a stand in for multiple associated concepts that are explained with...
What is America to me
A name, a map, or a flag I see
A certain word, democracy
What is America to me
The house I live in
A plot of earth, the street
The grocer and the butcher
Or the people that I meet
The children in the playground
The faces that I see
All races and religions
That's America to me
The place I work in
The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and died
The howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That's America to me
The things I see about me
The big things and the small
That little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall
The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
The dream that's been a growing
For more than two hundred years
The town I live in
The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or a garden all in bloom
The church the school the clubhouse
The millions lights I see
Especially the people
That's America to me
The House I Live In (That’s America to Me) was written by Abel Meeropol & Earl Robinson.
The House I Live In (That’s America to Me) was produced by James Isaacs.