Aluminum and Steel... the Red White and Blue... She once outran the storms And the news..... Streamers floating in the air as the band played and people cheered and waved as she sailed from New York Champagne flowed like rain Every crossing felt Like breaking through Cabins humming soft with all the names of the day.... Oh S S United States You were built to chase horizons Cutting through the dark Like a race horse on the waves Now you’re tied up to a pier In a city that doesn't even know you... But you’re still America’s greatest liner ever conceived... Music still echoes in the ballroom of the days gone by Faded decks hold the mirrors of her past Of people dancing, celebrating all that was good in America. Children running these hallowed walls... Every laugh still hangs Inside these empty rooms.... Her hull and soul wears our Nations Name and still holds all the hopes and dreams of our Greatest Generation.. Every State in The Union had a hand in her.. Every American was proud to say her name... Now her Engines sit quiet But I can still hear them hum Walking past your hull I touch flaked paint And feel a nation’s Held breath... What if we light you up One more time Raise your stacks To the July sky... Let the harbor watch you turn Slow and proud Let the old men cry and people cheer In the crowd (yeah) Oh S S United States You were built to chase horizons Cutting through the sea Like a race horse on the waves.... I swear I’ll keep your name Every story that I tell them ’Cause you’re still America’s greatest liner ever built. . and always... You will remain... S S United States
