They opened the road That cuts through the town And I drove slowly by And the guard waved me on Now I'm not from this town But I live very near And when I saw the destruction My eyes started to tear I asked a young woman How she could smile with no home She said, there's no need for weeping For we are not what we own We are not what we own We are not what we own We can replace wood and stone We are not what we own It was an old and proud city And the trees towered high But they're almost all gone now They've been replaced by the sky The people were out The husbands and wives Though some lost their homes Most escaped with their lives (saying) We are not what we own We are not what we own We can replace wood and stone We are not what we own The sky huffed and puffed And it blew our houses down But in the rubble of a city A community was found We are not what we own We are not what we own We can replace wood and stone We are not what we own