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[Verse]
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Truth and liberty and justice
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All are in jeopardy tonight
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All we cherish here, and all the
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values that we hold dear
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Are in the balance tonight.
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'Cause we're American, and it's America, and in America
We do what's right.
[Chorus]
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The firetruck's here for the kitty in the tree
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Oh, the American way!
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And if the cops can't come, you can always call on me
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That's the American way!
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Because I can, therefore I will.
[Verse]
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Tonight it's personal, I'm unleashing
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my arsenal to rain blood tonight.
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Tonight, I'm gonna save my bro,
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and if all the city has got to go
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Then so be it.
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Cause it's America, and I'm American, and in America
I do what I like.
[Chorus]
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If money can't fix it than I haven't found it yet
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Oh, the American way!
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Be a born billionaire and have your butler build a jet
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That's the American way!
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Because I can, save my chum
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Do what I have to. I'm my own boss, man.
[Bridge]
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Tonight we're taking back the town
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We've got a bat trap set
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We're gonna catch the clown
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In America tonight.
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We've got a warhead ready in the water supply
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Tonight The Bat and his bull won't fly
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So Robin, goodnight!
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Cause it's America, and we're American, and in America
We fight!
[Chorus]
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Never gonna win ‘til your enemies are dead
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Oh, the American way!
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Spreading dread and blowing up their heads
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That's the American way!
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Because I can-dy do as I please
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I'm spreading chocolate, baby, on
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Gotham's cheese.
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The letter of the law is a capital "S"
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Oh, the American way!
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We're all just pawns in a fuckin' game of chess
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That's the American way!
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A briefcase filled with two dollar bills
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Oh, the American way!
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Inheritance trust funds, million dollar bills
[Outro]
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That's the American
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Not quite Canadian
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Most of us are Mexican
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American, American, American
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American way!
