American Tune

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Many's the time I've been mistaken,
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And many times confuse.
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Yes, and I've often felt forsaken,
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And certainly misused.
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Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright,
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I'm just weary to my bones.
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Still, you don't expect to be 
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bright and bonvivant,
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So far away from home, So far 
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away from home
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I don't know a soul whose not 
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been battered,
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I don't have a friend who feels at
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 ease,
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I don't  know a dream whose not 
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been shattered,
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Or driven to its knees.
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Oh, but It's alright, It's alright,
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For we lived so well so long.
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Still when I think of the road 
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we're traveling on,
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I wonder what's gone wrong.
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I can't help it; I wonder what 
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has gone wrong
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And I dream I was dying,
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I dreamed that my soul rose 
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unexpectedly,
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And looking back down at me smiled
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 reassuringly.
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And I dreamed I was flying,
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And high up above my eyes could 
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clearly see
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The Statue of Liberty,
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Sailing away to sea,
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And I dreamed I was flying.

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We come on the ship they call 
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the Mayflower,
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We come on the ship that sailed 
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the moon.
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We come in the age's most 
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uncertain hours,
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And sing the American Tune.
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Oh, and it's alright, it's alright,
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You can be forever blessed.
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Still tomorrow's gonna be 
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another working day,
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And I'm trying to get some rest,
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That's all I'm trying, to get some 
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rest.