Thank You, Gianluca Zanna...

I just found a most remarkable song with extremely intelligent and nuanced lyrics on a French but friendly blog - and thought I'd share it with you as a St. Nicholas Day gift. Make sure to listen to it here!


Thank You America
(Music and Lyrics by Gianluca Zanna,
ASCAP copyrights 2003)

If today I don't have to speak German
and live under the third reich...
Hey... Thank you America

If today I don't have to speak Russian
and live under that red flag...
Hey... Thank you America

Thank You for everything
Thank you for all my dreams
Thank You yes I am free...
Thank You America

If today my wife doesn't have to hide her face and she can live like a woman...
Thank you, Thank you America

If today I can drink a beer and celebrate life with no fear...
Thank you America

Thank You for everything
Thank you for all my dreams
Thank You yes I am free...
Thank You America

If today I can choose my own God...

If today I can say what I think without looking behind my back...

If today I can be the owner of my present and dream about my future...
If today I am a free man in a free Country...
I want to say one more time...

Thank You for everything
Thank you for all my dreams
Thank You yes I am free...
Thank You America

And that one is even more outspoken...