America For Me

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It's fine to see the old world and travel up and down
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Among the famous palaces and cities of renown
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To admire crumbling castles and the statues of the kings
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But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things
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So it's home  home again America for me
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My heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
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In the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean    wide
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Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars
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Oh London is a man's town there's power in the air
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And Paris is a woman's town with flowers in her hair
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And it's sweet to dream in Venice it's great to study Rome
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But when it comes to living there's no place like home
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So it's home  home again America for   me
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My heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
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In the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean wide
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Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars
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I know Europe's wonderful yet something seems to lack
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The past is too much with her and the people looking back
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 Oh the glory of the present is to make the future free
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We love our land for what she is and what she is to be
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So it's home  home again America for   me
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My heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
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In the land of youth and freedom beyond the oceans green
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Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars