America

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[Intro]
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[Verse]

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I came through the fence in ‘93
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And I know that they are after me 
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today
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I believe this is the land for me
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Of hope, and grace, and liberty
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Oh, my grandfather, he told me
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Son, you’ll never have to run 
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anymore
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Oh, but I broke the law
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Which I will surely die for

But, now


[Chorus]

Cadd9
I am on my way
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I have to leave today,
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Tell my wife and boy that I love 
them
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I gave my son to America
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God, I pray they treat him well


[Intro]

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Well, my daddy left when I was five,
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I do not know if he’s alive at all
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And, it’s hard with just my mom and 
me
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But I work to feed my family
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And, I work hard to keep my bitter 
pay
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That the rich man comes and takes 
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away
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So, I killed him in the dead of 
night
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With my father’s gun
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I took his life away
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I took his life away
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Now, I say


[Chorus]

Cadd9
I was on my way
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I have to leave today
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Tell my mom and sister that I love 
them
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I am on the run

From America
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God, I pray they don’t catch me


[Intro]


[Verse]

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Now, I sit here in this dirty cell
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The jailer comes to give me hell
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They have caught me and my racist 
mind
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I’ll surely pay for what I’ve done
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But, then I look up and I see
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This old man staring at me
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He tells me I remind him of someone
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His own boy he left at the age of 
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5
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That probably thought his daddy died
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And, how he wished he could tell 
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him


[Otro]

Cadd9
He would say
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I was on my way, had to leave that 
day
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Tell my wife and boy that I love 
them

Cadd9
I gave my love to America
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God I pray they treat him well,
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Oh, god I pray they treat well
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God, I pray they treat him well.