America

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Or in the back of the bus by the 
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light of the moon
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And when you die they say “It’ll all
 be changing soon
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And you’ll be free, you’ll be 
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free, you’ll be free”

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It was two hundred years of war that
 lit that freedom torch
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Went from Southhampton fields up 
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to the White House porch
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And they’re still shooting all the 
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kids for trying to break that yoke
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How can you breathe?
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How can you breathe?
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How can you breathe?
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They gave a fortune away to some 
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Wall Street bank
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Like a treasure was sunk on a ship 
already sank
                    Em
And they’re still standing on the 
deck
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Trying to get us to walk the plank
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While they’re lost at sea, lost at 
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sea, lost at sea

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But I ain't never had more than ten
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 dollars to my name
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And I’ve been told my whole life, 
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“Boy you got to hide your shame”
           Em                  
For being born like a match set 
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afire by the flame
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But I will burn free, I will burn 
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free, I will burn free

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When I look all around me, I wonder 
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where they’ve gone
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All the people that I loved reduced
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 to memories in a song
           Em
I can hear them trying to remind me
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Just remember right from wrong
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Because we fought for thee, we 
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fought for thee, we fought for thee


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But I see hatred in the eyes of all
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 these people running scared
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Like the world’s been taken by 
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someone who finally dared
          Em
To just stand up and say we’re 
staying
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We’re not going anywhere
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And we will be free, we will be 
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free, we will be free

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In America you’re born with a silver
 spoon
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Or in the back of the bus by the 
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light of the moon
              Em                 
And when you die they say, “It’ll 
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all be changing soon
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And you’ll be free, you’ll be 
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free, you’ll be free”

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So I wonder which was the lie
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The past in it’s glory
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or the promise of a future
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you and I may never see
        Em                         
‘Cause the reasons I've been given 
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sound like bullshit to me
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We’ll wait and see, wait and see, 
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wait and see

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Now America, I know I’m not your 
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favorite son
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But I did my time and I’m not 
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hurting anyone
            Em                 
I’m just tired of living at the 
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point of a gun
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When will you see?
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When will you see?
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When will you see?
                     Em
When you say we’re free
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N.C.
You don’t mean me
N.C.
You don’t mean me