[NICK]
What a wonder to behold
But was it already behind us
With that first step upon the shore
Reaching for the light and always wanting more

[NICK, spoken]
There was something gorgeous about him
And his extraordinary gift for hope
I met him that summer of '22
After the plague and the war
I had just come back from that war

[NICK]
I came back restless
I came back reckless
The midwest now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe
When you watch the world еnd again and again
You wanna find a way to feel alive with the time you havе left
I needed noise
I needed life
I needed something to drown out the battle inside
I needed something to echo the noise in my soul
So I decided to go to the loudest place of all

[ENSEMBLE]
Can you hear it roar?
Welcome to the new world
Where the rivers run free
The trees are high as mountains and there's land aplenty
But you need space we'll chop 'em down you want oil we'll dig the ground
Welcome to the new world of shimmering gold
This land of wondrous beauty was just waiting to be sold
You want more can't get enough
It’s in your way just blow it up
Welcome to the new world where the redwoods grow
Where the sky goes on forever and the prairie winds blow
It can be yours for the right price
It's going fast so don't think twice
Welcome to the new world, well new for some
People have been living here since time begun
The valley streets make way for the city of Manhattan
Higher and higher the building's soar
The engine of America began to roar
Can you hear it roar (bigger, better, faster, more)
Can you hear it roar (bigger, better, faster, more)
Can you hear it roar (bigger, better, faster, more)

The screaming of the city reckless and reborn (faster, more)
Can you hear it roar
A beacon burning with the promise things can be better than before (bigger, better, faster, more)
Can you hear it roar
Every day more ships rushing towards the shore (bigger, better, faster, more)
Can you hear it roar
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning (yearning)

Leave the fields, leave the farms
To the city, we move as one
A hundred bodies sing in time
Reaching towards the city lights
It doesn’t matter where you’re from
These jobs can be done by anyone
We’ll build this country on our backs
And we’re all promised we’ll be paid back
All the sweat, all the toil
All for a piece of American soil
Look at the body, look at the sheen
Tastes like love and gasoline
The horses are put out to pasture
The Model T gets us there faster
Be a man take the wheel
You like it thats how progress feels (roar)
We’ll get so far we’ll get so free
We’ll drive too fast to hear the screams
You’re left behind you’re on your knees
Thats just what it takes to build a dream
Lets go further, lets go faster
The dreams they do not fear disaster
Its like we are the chosen few
To drive the old world to the new
Roar