American Eyes

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Here is a story of three young 
people
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A girl and two boys, she's got 
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American eyes, American eyes
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They left school for fame and 
fortune
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But she was the one, the girl with
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 the stars in her eyes
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Stars and stripes in her eyes

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I was one of the boys, oh how I 
loved her
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But she wouldn't see me, She shut 
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her apple pie eyes
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As blue as Jamaica skies
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Oh unrequited love quite often 
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grows, and never quite goes
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Cho doh doh doh ,  Ohh Ohh (American
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 eyes)

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He was one of the boys, he joined 
the army
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He sailed from American shores, 
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to fight the foreigners' war

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Baby shut your eyes up tight, I 
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swear the world won't end tonight
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And when we die our spirits fly, 
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into the light above the sky
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Ohh ohh ohh ohh
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American eyes