[Intro]
There's a book out right now, it's called "Woody Guthrie: A Life"
Lt's by this fellow named Joe Klein
And uh, it's really, it's really a great book
And this is, this song was originally, it was written as an angry song
It was an answer to Irving Berlin who just wrote "God Bless America"
And, and this song was written as an answer to that song
And uh, it's just about one of the most beautiful songs ever written
Anyway, let's do this for you here

[Verse 1]
Well, I rode that ribbon highway
I saw above me the endless skyway
I saw below me the golden valley
Well, this land was made for you and me

[Verse 2]
I've roamed and rambled, I followed my footsteps
Through the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was calling
It said this land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
Oh, this land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Oh, this land was made for you and me

[Verse 3]
Now the sun came shining and I was strolling
O'er the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And a voice was sounding as the fog was lifting
Said this land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
Oh, this land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Oh, this land was made for you and me