Direct Me

Otis Redding

Lord knows I'm an atom


Broken into pieces


I am you, I am him, I am her, I am me


Talk to me, my friends


Before this civilization ends


Tell me you got hope


So mine increases


Lord knows I'm an atom


All of me is scattered


I am you, I am him, I am her, I am me


Talk to me, my friends


Before this civilization ends


Tell me you got hope


So mine ain't shattered


America, America


She broke away from Africa


Europe and America, joined then set adrift


Continents are fragile


As the tissue paper on a baby's birthday gift


Lord knows I'm an atom


At the end of my tether


I am you, I am him, I am her, I am me


Talk to me, my friends


Before this civilization ends


Tell me you got hope


So we can sing together


We are many continents


All of us are friends


Can't we make amends


Before this civilization ends


Broken into pieces


Help the rift to close


I am just an atom


Lord in heaven knows


Talk to me, my friends


Before this civilization ends


Tell me you got hope


So we can sing together


America, America, America, America, America, America