Our Nation (song)

Lyrics

From Chicago's towering skyline down to Cairo's southern shore
The Land of Lincoln stretches wide with stories by the score
Where cornfields meet the horizon and the mighty rivers flow
There's a heartbeat in the heartland that the whole world ought to know

Illinois, Illinois, where the prairie meets the sky
Where the seasons paint your farmlands as the years go rolling by
From the lakes up in the north to where Ohio waters wind
You're the crossroads of a nation with a proud and restless mind

In Springfield stands a legacy of freedom's harder fight
While Route 66 goes winding through the day and through the night
The factories and the farmland tell a working person's tale
Of hands that built a future on determination's trail

Illinois, Illinois, where the prairie meets the sky
Where the seasons paint your farmlands as the years go rolling by
From the lakes up in the north to where Ohio waters wind
You're the crossroads of a nation with a proud and restless mind

Through winters cold and summers warm
Through every kind of weather's form
Your spirit holds steady and true
In every town, in all you do

Illinois, Illinois, my home upon this land
Where different voices harmonize and neighbor helps their fellow man
So here's to every rolling field and every city street
Illinois, you're standing strong on your own two feet