America: Our Struggles Lead Us to Victory

By Marie Maria

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 4, 2002
• ISBN: 9781469100357

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AMERICA: OUR

STRUGGLES

LEAD US TO

VICTORY

Marie Maria

Copyright © 2002 by Marie Maria.

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Contents

WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA?

HELLO AMERICA (THE UNITED STATES)

STAND UP AND FIGHT

FLY, LITTLE BIRD, FLY

LIFE

ENCOURAGEMENT

SUCCEED

IN DREAMS WE FLY

VALENTINE SALE

EVERLASTING LOVE

*SO YOUNG

ADIOS, MI AMIGO

THE BLESSED GIFT OF LOVE

THIS MOM’S MINE

THE CREATOR OF THE STARS

A MAN NAMED JACK

THINGS AS I KNEW THEM

YOU JUST MOVED ON

NOT WHAT IT APPEARED

BEING REALISTIC

THE WAR

SUNSHINE GIRL

JUST A KISS

LOVE IS A PASSENGER

BY MY MAN I WILL STAND

WE BOTH KNOW

THE PEARL

SHE SAID NO

AFTER ALL I’VE DONE

A FIGHT

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE

YOU CAN’T BUY MY LOVE

SOMEWHERE

WORLD WITHOUT LOVE

A GHOST FROM HER PAST

GOODBYE, MY LOVE, FAREWELL

COUNTRY BOY AT HEART

WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE

I’M LOOKING

DANCING (IT’S IN HER HEART)

TOGETHER

MURDER

USED HEART, LOW MILES

IN EACH OTHER’S HEARTS

LOOKING FOR LOVE TONIGHT

MY LOVE WILL

MY HEART IS YOURS

YOU AND I

HE LEFT IN THE MORNING

PRISONER

LIFE IS FULL OF UNCERTAINTY

REALIST

THE ROAD OF LIFE

ON THE FLOOR

CALVES

WRAPPED UP IN WHO YOU ARE

YOURSELF

YOU’RE OUT THERE

SINCE YOU LEFT

I DON’T WANT (I NEED)

A FRIEND

MAYBE

PLANS AND DREAMS

FLYING FREE

THE LETTER

WALKING ALONG (SINGING A SONG)

HIPPITY HOP, HIPPITY HOP

HIM

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

PIONEER

IT’S THE HOLIDAY

A CHILD

CHANGE

BELIEVE

YOUR LOVE

STAND

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS

YOU INSPIRE ME

CHRISTMAS

ALL ABOUT YOU

JUST LIKE YOU AND ME

INSPIRATION

HELLO THERE

TEENAGER

MEMORIES

A SMILE

A FOREST FIRE

LIVING ON THE SEA OF LOVE

LITTLE DARLING

PEACE FOR ME ON EARTH

WE’RE STILL FRIENDS

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN

SOMEONE

I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER

BRIGHT SHINES THE SUN

LOVE

POWER OF GRACE

ALWAYS SAYING GOODBYE

TAKE A ROCKET TO THE MOON

RESPECT, LOVE, TRUST, BELIEVE

MOONBEAMS AND STARLIGHT

WE’LL MAKE OUR STAND

DANCE

SEE WITH MORE THAN JUST YOUR EYES

MY SWEET AND GENTLE FRIEND

WE MET IN JUNE

OF ALL THE THINGS

GRANDMOTHERS

THE BEAUTY OF LIFE

A MOTHER

I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME

SISTERS

THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA

MY GUIDING LIGHT

YOU ARE MY HERO

READY TO START A BRAND NEW DAY

ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINAL END

CIRCUS LIFE

REACH OUT TO OUR FELLOW MAN

WE ARE ALL EQUALS ACROSS THIS GREAT LAND

ALL I HAD TO OFFER

LET GO OF YOURSELF

LIVE BY YOUR OWN RULES

A COMMON GROUND

LESSONS OF LIFE

THIS ONCE EMPTY PAGE

GIVE ME YOU HAND, GIVE ME YOUR HEART

A DEEP, ACHING NEED

YOU ALWAYS HATED ME

AN ODE TO DESPAIR

LOOK OUT, WORLD, HER SHE COMES

NOW I MUST FLY

IF SHE COULD FACE HER PROBLEMS

LONELY DAYS AND LONELIER NIGHTS

GIVE ME AN OPEN ROAD

OUR LORD

THE TRUTH I NEED TO KNOW

SUSIE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE LONELY

THE LIGHTS GO OUT

JOB CORPS

FRIENDS

THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER

COOL PEOPLE

TOO SCARED TO EVEN TRY

LIFE AND LIVING

TRUST

JUST SEVENTEEN

ONE DAY AT A TIME

WHAT IS LOVE?

THE GOLDEN RULE

YOU ARE A WINNER (YOU ARE A STAR)

DREAMS

AN OUTSIDER

KNOW ME

MORE

TURN AROUND AND WALK AWAY

ALONE WITH ME

LOSER’S LAMENT

WHY DO I DO THIS?

BELONG

ARGUMENT

INCAPABLE OF FRIENSHIP

REASON, TIME AND PERFECT PLACE

WE WEREN’T EVEN FRIENDS

MEANING OF LIFE

COMING FROM YOURSELF

DO YOU KNOW

IS THIS LOVE

WHAT I WANT FROM YOU

FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU

A FORM OF COMMUNICATION

GOING AWAY

MORE TO COME

DO YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU

STARTING TO GET SERIOUS

I LOVE YOU MORE

HOLD ME CLOSE

A RELATIONSHIP

TRASH

ESCAPE

STATE OF MIND

I HAVE PROBLEMS

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ME

GENIE IN THE BOTTLE

APRIL 26, 1997

THIS PATH

DARE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE

SCARED OF THE WORLD

WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS

MY HEART STILL LEADS

BEAUTY

ALWAYS THERE

A CONTRADICTION IN HUMAN FORM

TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING

YOU ARE SOMEONE SPECIAL TO ME

SO CONFUSED

WE AREN’T WHAT WE SEEM TO BE

THE ONE FOR ME

DON’T LIE TO ME

MATURITY

SOMETIMES

FUFLFILLMENT OF A GREATER PLAN

TRAPPED INSIDE YOUR HEAD

WHAT THIS WRITING MEANS TO ME

A GENTLEMAN

UNCERTIANTY

CROSSROADS

FORGIVE AND FORGET

ESCAPE

DEAR LORD

DEAR LORD

DEAR LORD

DEAR LORD

I LOVE YOU LORD

PRAISE THE LORD

GOD SEES THE WHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE

THE GOD, THAT ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA?

What happened to America?

"The land of the free,

The home of the brave"

The place of liberty

America, for which our forefathers fought

A land of opportunity

Now tarnished and desecrated

By a wrongful society

America, America

We’ve brought you to your knees

But America, sweet America

It’s the truth we need to see

That without faith

There is no freedom

Without God

There is no liberty

HELLO AMERICA (THE UNITED STATES)

Hello, Alabama

The Yellowhammer State

With your yellowhammer, camellia, and Southern longleaf pine

Singing, «Alabama»

And saying, «Audemus jura nostra defendre—We dare defend our

rights»

Hello, Alaska

The Frontier; The Land of the Midnight Sun

With your willow ptarmigan, forget-me-not, and Sitka spruce

Singing, «Alaska’s Flag»

And saying’ «North to the Future»

Hello, Arizona

The Grand Canyon State

With your cactus wren, flowers of saguaro cactus, and Palo Verde

Singing, «Arizona»

And saying, «Didat Deus—God enriches»

Hello, Arkansas

The Natural State

With your mockingbird, apple blossom, and pine

Singing, «Arkansas»

And saying, «Regnat populus—The people rule»

Hello, California

The Golden State

With your California valley quail, golden poppy, and California

redwoods

Singing, «I Love You, California»

And saying, «Eureka—I have found it»

Hello, Colorado

The Centennial State

With your lark bunting, Rocky Mountain columbine, and Colorado

blue spruce

Singing, «Where the Columbines Grow»

And saying, «Nil Sine Numine-Nothing Without Providence»

Hello, Connecticut

The Nutmeg State

With your American robin, mountain laurel, and white oak

Singing, «Yankee Doodle»

And saying, «Qui transtulit sustinct—He who transplanted still

sustains»

Hello, Delaware

The Diamond State; the First State; the Small Wonder

With your blue hen chicken, peach blossoms, and American holly

Singing, «Our Delaware»

And saying, «(We stand for) Liberty and Independence»

Hello, Florida

The Sunshine State

With your mockingbirds, orange blossoms, and cabbage (Sabal)

palm

Singing, «Suwanee River»

And saying, «In God We Trust»

Hello, Georgia

The Peach State; the Empire State of the South

With your brown thrasher, Cherokee rosé, and live oak

Singing, Georgia On My Mind

And saying, (We stand for) Wisdom, justice, and moderation

Hello, Hawaii

The Aloha State

With your nene (Hawaiian Goose), yellow hibiscus, and kukui

Singing, Hawaii Ponoi (Hawaiians Own)

And saying, "Ua Mau Ke O Ka Aina I Ka Pono-The life of the land

is perpetuated in righteousness"

Hello, Idaho

The Gem State

With your Mountain bluebird, syringa (Mock orange), and white

pine

Singing, Here We Have Idaho

And saying, Esto Perpetua—It is forever

Hello, Illinois

The Prairie State

With your cardinal, violet, and white oaks

Singing, Illinois

And saying, (We stand for) State sovereignty, national union

Hello, Indiana

The Hoosier State

With your cardinal, peony, and tulip trees

Singing, On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away

And saying, (We stand for) The Crossroads of America

Hello, Iowa

The Hawkeye State

With your eastern goldfinch, wild rose and oak

Singing, Song of Iowa

And saying, Our liberties we prize and our rights we will remain

Hello, Kansas

The Sunflower State; the Jayhawker State

With your Western meadowlark, sunflower, and cottonwood

Singing, Home on the Range

And saying, Ad astra per aspera—To the stars through difficulties

Hello, Kentucky

The Bluegrass State

With your Kentucky cardinals, goldenrod, and tulip poplars

Singing, My Old Kentucky Home

And saying, United we stand, divided we fall

Hello, Louisiana

The Pelican State

With your eastern brown pelican, magnolia, and bald cypress

Singing, You Are My Sunshine and Give Me Louisiana

And saying, (We stand for) Union, justice, and confidence

Hello, Maine

The Pine Tree State

With your chickadee, white pine cone and tassel, and white pine tree

Singing, State of Maine Song

And saying, Dirigo—I lead

Hello, Maryland

The Free State; the Old Line State

With your Baltimore oriole, black-eyed Susan, and oak

Singing, Maryland! My Maryland!

And saying, "Fatti maschii, parole femine—Manly deeds, womanly

words"

Hello, Massachusetts

The Bay State; the Old Colony State

With your chickadee, mayflower, and American elm

Singing, All Hail to Massachusetts

And saying, "Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem—By the

sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"

Hello, Michigan

The Wolverine State

With your robin, apple blossom, and white pine

Singing, Michigan, My Michigan

And saying, "Si quareris pencinsulam ameonam circumspice-If you

seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you»

Hello, Minnesota

The North Star State; the Gopher State; the Land of Ten Thousand

Lakes

With your great northern diver, lady slipper and Norway pines

Singing,»Hail Minnesota»

And saying,»(We stand for )L’Etoile de Nord-The North Star»

Hello,Mississippi

The Magnolia State

With your mockingbird, flower or blooms of the evergreen

magnolias

Singing,»Go Mississippi»

Hello, Missouri

The show-Me State

With your bluebird, hawthorn, and flowing dogwood

Singing,’Missouri Waltz’

And saying,»Salus populi suprema les esta-The welfare of the people

shall be the supreme law»

Hello, Montana

The Treasure State

With your western meadowlark, bitterroot and Ponderosa pine

Singing,»Montana»

And saying,»(We stand for)oro y Plata-Gold and Silver»

Hello, Nebraska

The Cornhusker State; the Beef State

With your western meadowlark, goldenrod, and cottonwood

Singing,»Beautiful Nebraska»

And saying, «(We stand for) Equality before the Law

Hello, Nevada

The Sagebrush State; the Silver State; the Battle Born State

With your mountain bluebird, sagebrush, Single-leaf pinion and

bristle-cone pine

Singing,»Home Means Nevada»

And saying,»All for our Country»

Hello, New Hampshire

The Granite State

With your purple finch, purple lilac and white birch

Singing,»New Hampshire, My New Hampshire» and

«Old New Hampshire»

And saying,»Live free or die»

Hello, New Jersey

The Garden State

With your eastern goldfinches, purple violet, and Red oak

Singing,»(Nothing?!)»

And saying,» (We stand for) Liberty and Prosperity

Hello, New Mexico

The Land of Enchantment

With your roadrunners, yucca, and pinion (nut pine)

Singing, «Fair Mexico»

And saying,» Crosscut eundo—It grows as it goes»

Hello, New York

The Empire State

With your bluebird, rose, and sugar maple

Singing,»I Love New York»

And saying,»Excelsior-Ever upward»

Hello, North Carolina

The Tar Heel State

With your cardinal, dogwood, and pines

Singing,» The Old North State»

And saying,»Esse quam,virderi-To be rather to seem»

Hello, North Dakota

The Sioux State; the Flickertail State;

The Peace Garden State; the Rough Rider State

With your western meadow lark, wild prairie rose and American

elm

Singing,"North Dakota Hymn»

And saying,"(We stand for) Liberty

And union, now and forever:one and inseparable

Hello, Ohio

The Buckeye State

With your cardinal, scarlet carnation, and buckeye

Singing,"Beautiful Ohio»

And saying,»With God, All Things Are Possible»

Hello, Oklahoma

The Sooner State

With your scissor-tailed flycatcher, mistletoe and Redbud

Singing, «Oklahoma»

And saying,»Labor omnia vineit-Labor conquers all things»

Hello, Oregon

The Beaver State

With your western meadowlark,