Steven Curtis Chapman & Chris Janson - America The Beautiful [Official Lyric Video]

My apologies for the long caption that follows, but I felt like this one merited some explanation…so here goes. I grew up singing and loving the song, “America The Beautiful”. Those who know my music know I’ve written a few songs of my own over the years referencing the fact that one of my heroes growing up was my Grandfather Rubel Rudd, who received a Purple Heart in his service to our country. He was a kind and quiet man of strong faith and deep conviction who loved his God, his family and his country… and I’m grateful and blessed to carry on his legacy. His first and greatest allegiance by far was to his Savior, as is mine. I am a follower of Jesus first and foremost and want to use whatever gifts and opportunities He entrusts to me to bring Him honor and glory above all things. As I’ve tried to do that, I’ve been blessed to travel around the world and be in places that don’t have the freedoms that we have in our far from perfect, but nonetheless beautiful America, and this song was written and recorded as a way for me to honor my Grandpa Rudd and celebrate and remember the goodness and beauty that’s still beating in the heart of our nation after 250 years. While I know there’s much division in our country, and many “broken things” that are complex and need mending, more than I’ve certainly ever known in my lifetime, I wrote this song and am releasing it in hopes that in some small way it might help remind us, as the lyrics say, “maybe we can see beyond these battle lines that we have drawn and realize we’re really all in this together…that we all have different parts to sing, and how well we listen is how loud freedom will ring in America…the beautiful”. I hope we will choose kindness and dignity in our celebration of America’s 250 year history…to choose to see and celebrate the beauty where we see it…in America and in each other. Finally. I’m very grateful to be joined by my dear friend and fellow Grand Ole Opry member/brother Chris Janson on this version of the song, and I sure hope you enjoy it! blessings, scc 🎵Listen to America The Beautiful here: https://slinky.to/AmericaTheBeautiful... 👉Subscribe to Steven Curtis Chapman:    / @stevencurtischapmanofficial   --------------------------------------------------- Follow Steven Curtis Chapman On Socials : Website: https://stevencurtischapman.com Facebook:   / stevencurtischapman   Instagram:   / stevencurtischapman   X: https://x.com/stevencurtis TikTok:   / stevencurtischapman   ----------------------------------------------------- Lyrics V1 I sat down today to try and write a song About some troubling things that I see goin' on Seems we all just want to talk about what's wrong with America V2 So much is broken, it's like we don't know where to start While the algorithms try to keep us worlds apart I'm just the grandson of a World War Purple Heart Who fought for America And I just wanna say... Chorus O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plains America, America God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea Bridge And maybe we could see beyond these battlelines that we have drawn And realize we're really all in this thing together Yeah, we're all in this together V3 I know we never will agree on everything It's like a song we've all got different parts to sing And how well we listen is how loud freedom will ring in America So let freedom ring, let freedom ring... and let us sing Chorus O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plains America, America God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea From sea to shining sea This is America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful America The Beautiful Artist: Steven Curtis Chapman & Chris Janson Writers: Steven Curtis Chapman ℗&©SCSEE Music/The Fuel Music ---------------------------------------------------------- #StevenCurtisChapman #AmericaTheBeautiful #250years #OfficialLyricVideo