The Best of 1990-2000 adlı derleme U2 albümünde bulunan iki yeni şarkıdan biri. diğeri: electrical storm
aynı zamanda gangs of new york'un film müziğidir. 2003 yılında en iyi orijinal film müziği kategorisinde oscar'a aday gösterilmiş ama ödülü eminem'in lose yourself parçasına kaptırmıştı. yine aynı kategoride aday gösterildiği altin kure odülünu ise almayı başardı.
sözleri:
Oh my love, it's a long way we've come
From the freckled hills, to the steel and glass canyons
From the stony fields, to hanging steel from the sky
From digging in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye
These are the hands that built America
(Russian, Sioux, Dutch, Hindu)
Oh, oh oh, America / Hand
(Polish, Irish, German, Italian)
Last saw your face in a watercolour sky
As sea birds argue, a long goodbye
I took your kiss, on the spray of the new land star
You gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so hard
And these are the hands, that built America
(The Irish, the Blacks, the Chinese, the Jews)
Ah, ah ah, America / Hand
(Korean, Hispanic, Muslim, Indian)
Of all of the promises, is this one we could keep
Of all of the dreams, is this one still out of reach
Halle, ole
(Dream-oh-yeah)
(Oh oh-dream, oh love)
It's early fall, there's a cloud on the New York skyline
Innocence, dragged across a yellow line
These are the hands that built America
These are the hands that built America
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah America
