Americana

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I’ve traveled all around this country

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In my time I thought I’d seen it all

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But today I took a detour down a back-road

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Through a little town whose name I can’t recall



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There were old men on benches playing checkers

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Children playing hopscotch on the square

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And high above a statue of an unknown soldier

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Old Glory was waving in the air



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Suddenly I realized what I’d too long forgotten

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A chill rose up like mountains on my skin

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Overcome with the feeling I knew I was seeing

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America all over again



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A—mer-icana

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Pictures of a people proud and free

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A—m-ericana  I’ll keep holding to the dream

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You’re still what living means to me



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I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule

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But I parked around behind the Five and Dime

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There’s something bout a small town in the summer

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Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time



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Kids were courting at the Rexall soda fountain

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Like we did before they built the shopping mall

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I saw so many reasons  why I love this country

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You know some things never really change at all



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As I left the 2 lane road and pulled back on that superhighway

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I thought of what I’d seen back in that town

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And it hit me like a freight train

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That a stones throw from the fast lane

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America is still safe and sound



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A—mer-icana

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Pictures of a people proud and free

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A—m-ericana, I’ll keep holding to the dream

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You’re still what living means to me