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Wherever did Amerigo?

from Beginnings by Nathan Windsor

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This is about Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer where "America" comes from. Writing this song, I felt like drawing some connections between what people think America is and the seminal name Amerigo, which got phonetically corrupted into America.

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Amerigo
© 2011 Nathan Windsor

Where is the stark comaraderie
That brings together you and me
There really in no need to fight
Let’s let our differences unite
One thing yet I do not know
Wherever did Amerigo?

Whose land is this anyway
The ones before we tossed away
Promises broken, disease and years
Trudged them down the trail of tears
Roam no more the buffalo
Wherever did Amerigo?

Chorus:
Those who follow
Fill their hollow
Selves with the toxin
What’s sagacious
Is the spacious
heart just look within

Immigrants thought it was true
That gold bricks lined each avenue
Now men of value we insist
Have got it wrapped around their wrist
What’s the front and what’s the show
Wherever did Amerigo?

How did we earn such cowardice
with planes hijacked and towers split
In our defence we support those
who only make our wallets grow
We turn on them when they say no
Wherever did Amerigo?

Freedom came into fruition
In our blessed consitituion
Don’t believe them when they say
That freedom has a price to pay
Cruelty has seeds to sow
Wherever did Amerigo?

Private interests control the game
Don’t be fooled by a party name
Politics across the nation
look like a wresting federation
Party lines are baked in dough
Wherever did Amerigo?

The day has come, reach out a hand
To elevate your fellow man
Sharing deeply his success
Can only bring more happiness
I’ll catch the lifeline that you throw
Wherever did Amerigo?

Peace to the world or the world in pieces
Anger subsides when love increases
You’ll find out who truly cares
When you see just what he shares
Follow where the money’s spent
And you’ll find where Ameri-went~

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from Beginnings, released January 8, 2012
Guitar and vocals: Nathan Windsor

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Nathan Windsor Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Nathan Windsor works as a music therapist in serving the elderly and hospice patients in nursing homes. Nathan is a renaissance man specializing in: guitar, piano, drums, bass, violin, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele and banjo. ... more

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