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Dave Smallen
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Well, I've seen this whole country,
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all the lonely spots, the highway stops
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Nothing really changes but the weather
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and the way people talk
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Yeah, I've seen America
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And from the ghettos to the hills,
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and to the suburbs, the same sorrows fall
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It's all stomach aches and coughing,
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cigarettes and death and telephone calls
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You forgot to lock the door, America
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Yeah, I've seen you undressed
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Is it true what they told me, America?
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Cause you were stunning in the flesh
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Well I was walking through a casino in Las Vegas,
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I saw a plastic Statue of Liberty
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And posed like Marilyn Monroe
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completely absent of that silent iron dignity
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Oh, goddamnit, America
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I couldn't have said it better myself
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Is it true what they taught me, America?
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Or did your guns once make us proud?
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Oh, please don't fuck this up, America
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Oh, you're not thinking of your health
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You're getting greedy now, America
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Are you being true to yourself?
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Or to anybody else?
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oh
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Well, I woke up in Manhattan,
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I guess I got so drunk I slept in my car.
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And in those deep and desperate moments
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they say you get the most clarity
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I was a prophet, I saw from so far
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Oh, we're hung over, America
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We need a shave, I need coffee
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But I should thank you, America
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'Cause I did not build this city.
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Come on, give me something to die for, America
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Until then, don't bother me
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I want to believe in you, America
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I don't give a fuck if you believe in me
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I want to still love you, America
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For all the things you've granted me,
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but I'm ashamed of you, America
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How you convinced me we were free
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And I, I take that personally
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oh...
Neil Diamond's America
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