In fourteen hundred and 92 
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
In search of gold and spices too
A trek to give the King his due

For 33 days they sailed due west 
Bahama sand would end the quest
Land Ho! they cried in the morn
And on that day America was born

CHORUS
This was a land, a land unequal to no other
This was a land, a land of people like no other
Taken away
Stolen away
For love of God and country

They were greeted on the shores by a nation of men
Whose innocence would do them in
Columbus prized them most of all
Slaves for the King, barely animals

Where’s the gold? Where’s the spice?
Tell me quick or you’ll pay the price
I’ll hunt you down in the name of God
You’re heathen men, no better than dogs

CHORUS

And to this day, a nation’s paid the price
They knew no shame, they lived in paradise
A race of men, slaughtered for the spice of life, of life

There was no gold, there was no spice
So they would have to sacrifice
Their way of life and the land they knew
To the men who sailed the ocean blue

America, the land was born
Free and blessed by the crown of thorns
I know if God were still alive
Those 3 ships would have taken a dive

CHORUS


1492

I Believe

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Recorded by Carey in the 1990s on a 4 track Fostex tape player, probably while two little girls were running all over the place. He was just noodling around but now, even the noodles are precious memories. He named the cassette "Golden Hits of Yesteryear", likely because he didn't want anyone to play it! Sorry Carey but modesty is no longer required. 

The CKer

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