Proud to be American
Do you know what you’ve done to me?
You made me happier than I thought I could be
All my life I’ve tried to do
What you’ve done so easily

You make me proud to be American
You make me happy to shop at the mall
I’ll sit in church and sing with you
I’ll dance at the midnight ball
I can be
Whatever you want me to be

Before I met you I always held back
I always had something to prove
I wanted to do something really worthwhile
To show them that I mattered too

Everywhere I went I always spoke up
Everyone heard what I had to say
With you I can sit silent and still
And thank God for this wonderful day

You make me proud to be American
You make me happy to shop at the mall
I’ll sit in church and sing with you
I’ll dance at the midnight ball
I can be
Whatever you want me to be

Before I answered every word I heard
With something sarcastic and mean
You showed me a side of myself
That was nicer than I’d ever seen.

An eight-hour day was enough for me
It was as much as I could take
But for you I’d work twelve or more
I’d do anything in your name’s sake

You make me proud to be American
You make me happy to shop at the mall
I’ll sit in church and sing with you
I’ll dance at the midnight ball
I can be
Whatever you want me to be

What do you want me to be?

What do you want me to be?

12/10/2005