American Eyes

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Here is a story of three young people
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A girl and two boys, she's got American eyes, American eyes
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They left school for fame and fortune
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But she was the one, the girl with the stars in her eyes
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Stars and stripes in her eyes

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I was one of the boys, oh how I loved her
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But she wouldn't see me, She shut her apple pie eyes
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As blue as Jamaica skies
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Oh unrequited love quite often grows, and never quite goes
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Cho doh doh doh ,  Ohh Ohh (American eyes)

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He was one of the boys, he joined the army
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He sailed from American shores, to fight the foreigners' war

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Baby shut your eyes up tight, I swear the world won't end tonight
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And when we die our spirits fly, into the light above the sky
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Ohh ohh ohh ohh
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American eyes