It's a ball cap in his right hand
Looking up at the sky
Praying for rain but hoping it stops
Before the game on Friday night
It's the home team and the whole town
Showing up in the stands
Hand on your heart for the stripes and stars
Fight song from a marching band

It's a wave at a red light
Everybody knows your name

It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
Generations deep running through these roots
What your daddy did is what you do
If you ask me
That's what makes the heartbeat of America

It's a main-street parade for the ones who made it back home
And a moment of silence for the ones too soon gone
It's a god-fearing mama trying to raise 'em right
Sunset falling from a water-tower sky
Whatever keeps that dream alive
You can find it here

It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
Generations deep running through these roots
What your daddy did is what you do
If you ask me
That's what makes the heartbeat of America

It's a preacher and a Bible
A little church on the hill
Amazing Grace
Jesus saves
In God, we trust still

It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
Generations deep running through these roots
What your daddy did is what you do
If you ask me
That's what makes the heartbeat of America
Of America
Of America