"Maryland, Maryland" lyrics

Coming back to the free state that's a part of me
With the Appalachian range and the Allegheny
Heading out to the harbor and the streets of Baltimore
Swinging south to cross that long Bay Bridge onto the Eastern shore

Maryland, Maryland
Maryland, Maryland
I'm coming back again
Coming back to Maryland

I come from the free state, free and beautiful
Frederick Douglass portrait watched every kid in school
And my parents drove us all the countywide
Anytime that Thurgood Marshall called to March on freedom's side

Maryland, Maryland
Maryland, Maryland
I'm coming back again
Coming back to Maryland

In the roaring wind that sped the tall ships to the fight
In the hum of the midnight rail whose riders kept the flame in sight
As Rachel Carson lives in every songbird's call
Maryland was where I dreamed I'd be a force of good for all

Maryland, Maryland
Maryland, Maryland
I became a congressman
For the eighth in Maryland

And so I learned quickly what they had in store
Every job I said I'd take they would give me more
When I asked Elijah Cummings how I'd see it through
He said, "There's always time do the work you're supposed to do."

Maryland, Maryland
He's from Maryland
I still find my friend
In the state of Maryland

But now Frederick Douglass calls to Harriet Tubman
Gotta raise the lantern for the conscience of our government
We know the backwards clock, we learned to read the signs
From every bloody tug of war out on the Mason Dixon line

Maryland, Maryland
Lead the way again
Maryland, Maryland

'Cause when you come from Maryland
You're proud to be an American

I'm from Maryland
I'm from Maryland