Sing a Song of America

Started writing a song during Christmas. Got stuck on the second verse though… Anyone got suggestions?

     A
The flag still flying and I stand and cheer
     D
The red-white-blue that snaps so dear
        A
In the blowing wind
                 E
    That blows today

      A
And thinkin' of our soldiers in arms who stand
 D
Backed by prayers in a foreign land
        A
It's because of them
                E
    I'm free today

     G
The life I live in a world of fear
       D
When freedom is so strong and near
    A
My heart is pounding as I sing a song
     G      D      A
Of Ame  -  ri  -  ca
           A
          Sing a song
     G      D      A
Of Ame  -  ri  -  ca

Schoolkids jumping on the bus in the sunrise
Swallows flying in the clear blue skies
It's another day
    In my home town (?)

Farmers plowing in the fields outside...  ?

/Refrain/

I don’t like “swallows” in the second part, doesn’t feel really American, more Swedish somehow. Maybe June bugs? Dolly Parton sang about June bugs, but I don’t know if they fly in the “clear blue skies”. May need some major tweaking.