From the clatter of a honky tonk   To the quiet of the range   Been thinking 'bout silence golden   Golden silence change   Burning nights get damper   And only moon was cool   And the steam of danger rose   From a ripple - less darkened pool   Came to America   Stopped out in the west   I ain't no shot-gun rider   Alligator on my chest   A hot-bed of indifference   A seed-bed of so - so   It's a push and shove   I said Lord above   What a way to go      Chorus ~   Don't say that you love me   Just say you might   You keep holding on   To things you think are right   I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah   Land of hope and glory   I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah   Land of hope and glory      Seen foreign soldiers   Beach - head army ducks   Seen local farmers   In their big red pick-up trucks   Seen drug - store cowboys   Who could not find the range   Seen pet - boys in the city   Who need a love so strange      Chorus      Well I've dined with big business   And I stood for the toast   Seen those screenplay writers   In their big homes on the coast   Stood in cathedrals   And breathed hard at the sight   I asked the same old questions   Do I need this stuff tonight      Chorus      I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah   Land of hope and glory   I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah   Land of hope and glory   I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh....