“This is a song that represents best what I believe about America.”

- Joel A. Martin

Watch a performance of “I Am America” written by Stan Satlin and orchestrated by The Bentley.

There is a song that best represents what I believe: "I Am America," written by Stan Satlin and orchestrated by The Bentley, for the piece Auratorio Americana.

My name is America
and I'm telling you what I'm not.
I'm not another battle ground and not the melting pot.
I'm not of evil spoken in my name
I'm not of power gain. 

I am the symphony of life,
and the mystery of life,
I am America.

Waking up to the mysteries
They've been hidden far too long.
The founding fathers knew of me
and that's why they were strong.
The fathers of America were the light of all the world. 
They were men of consciousness, the hope for all the world.

I am the symphony of life,
and the mystery of life,
I am America.

My name is America,
I gotta new tale to tell.
I want to hear a new kind of ringing
in that Liberty Bell.
A ring for all mankind that love is here to stay.
Now and forever love must guide our way.

I am the symphony of life,
and the mystery of life,
I am America.