《For The People》是一首怀念故土、渴望和平与安宁的歌曲，平缓柔美的曲调，淡淡忧伤的旋律，充满磁性的男声，听来让人觉得心里暖暖而又酸酸的。演唱者Rod Macdonald（罗德·麦克唐纳），是美国一位杰出的民间歌手和作曲家，他的作品有一种直入人心的力量。《For The People》这首歌选自他在2009年发行的专辑《After The Wars（战争结束后）》。
《For The People》
last night i dreamed of my old home
my sister and i, when we were young
the yellow sun shone through flow’ring trees
we rode the old familiar streets
the faces of old friends were near
the smiles of childen bright and clear
my mother sang our favorite songs
my father worked his patch of ground
when i awoke i was far away
in a land where only yesterday
after forty years of tyranny
the foreign armies had to leave
and as i walked the streets of town
with my new friends who call it home
in the air so newly free
this is what they said to me:
"i would not love my country more
for victories in foreign wars
i did not love my country less
when it was occupied and oppressed
not for some politicians’ speech
but for the people strong and free
the land so green, the sky above
these are the country that I love”
now who can say what takes a man
far away from his own land
and yet his dreams will take him home
back to the land where he was born
to walk the old familiar roads
and see the faces young and old
the land so green the sky above
these are the country that i love