AMERICA


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America
(John Hager)

intro A D A E A D A E

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aren't you glad you're in America not livin in some strange land

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aren't you glad you're in America in America

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I see united nations bringin tongues together tongues that God confused way back in babylon

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I see a president bringin in a new world order the illuminati eye when I turn my tv on

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I see a people's fightin for a worthless dollar aint got no backin just a green paper bill

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I see a man a comin gonna put a chip in your head you don't take his number you wont buy or sell

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no you wont buy or sell D A

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oh aren't you glad you're in America where it's fine to be a little queer

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rape somebodys daughter they give you 'bout a year -whoa whoa

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aren't you glad you're in America where abortions still ok

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aren't you glad you're in America the home of the brave - you're in america

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all i wanted was a place to lay my head lie down in a park and not wind up dead

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all i needed was the man with the guitar there to sing me the story of Jesus but he didn't care

D E
maybe he just didn't dare

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you got freedom of speech if you want to drop your drawers print you up some porno these rights

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are yours

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if everybody was gay in a while there'd be be no children to tell em about Jesus and then they

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wouldn't have to put you away

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then they wouldn't have to put you away in america

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aren't you glad you're in America you can run around like charles karault

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don't turn around to see where you been you might turn into a pillar of salt

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hey but aren't you glad you're in America not livin in some strange land

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from hollywood to dollywood from sea to shining sand you're in america

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they told me in school I evolved from a monkey a monkey with a guitar that's what they think of me

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Jesus didn't die for no kind of monkey that's the only truth that'll ever set you free

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out in CA they teach that evolution - it's against the law to teach that God created man

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one of these days gonna be some evolution separate the chaffe from the wheat in this land

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God he's still got the whole world in his hands even america

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ain't you glad you're in America where at least the money don't lie

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right on the back of your dollar bill there by the pyramid with the all seeing eye

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whoa whoa aint it written in latin 'cause they've been comin for a long long time

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right here in america this america that's yours and mine

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whoa whoa aren't you glad you're in America not livin in some strange land

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aren't you glad you're in America in America

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right you're in america yeah you're in America - in America




John Hager Music BMI 1989