A Quiet Little Love Affair
Words and Music by Harry Chapin

When I met America
I didn't know her name
But it seemed she was something special even then
I knew it just the same

Yes I loved the things she stood for
Help the helpless make people free
And I knew then that an American
Is what I wanted to be

It was the start of a little love affair
Between my country and me
Oh Oh my country 'tis of thee

Well we both grew up, things were good
Things that we had known
Some said we had lost something
Some said we had grown

Well time keeps rolling by my friend
Things can never die
But I always wondered what would happen
Wondered what went awry 

What would happen to our little love affair
Between my country and me
Oh my country 'tis of thee

Aww, time went by I'd forgotten
Why I fell in love
Though I still pledged my pledge allegiance
And saluted the flag waved above

Didn't know why what we'd done
Didn't know where it'd flown
Well I never knew if we had lost it
Or we had grown

It was the last of a little love affair
Between my country and me
Oh my country 'tis of thee