Democracy

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[Verse 1]
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It's coming through a hole in the 
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air
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From those nights in Tiananmen 
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Square
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It's coming from the feel that this 
ain't exactly real
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Or it's real, but it ain't exactly 
there
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From the wars against disorder
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From the sirens night and day
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From the fires of the homeless
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From the ashes of the gay
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Democracy is coming to the USA


[Verse 2]
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It's coming through a crack in the
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 wall
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On a visionary flood of alcohol
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From the staggering account of the 
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Sermon on the Mount
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Which I don't pretend to understand 
at all
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It's coming from the silence on the
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 dock of the bay
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From the brave, the bold, the 
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battered heart of Chevrolet
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Democracy is coming to the USA


[Verse 3]
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It's coming from the sorrow in the
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 street
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The holy places where the races meet
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From the homicidal bitchin'
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That goes down in every kitchen
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To determine who will serve and who 
will eat
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From the wells of disappointment
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Where the women kneel to pray
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For the grace of God in the desert 
here
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And the desert far away
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Democracy is coming to the USA


[Chorus]
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Sail on, sail on
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O mighty ship of state
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To the shores of need
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Past the reefs of greed
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Through the squalls of hate
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Sail on, sail on, sail on


[Verse 4]
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It's coming to America first
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The cradle of the best, of the worst
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It's here they've got the range
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And the machinery for change
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And it's here they've got the 
spiritual thirst
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It's here the family's broken
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And it's here the lonely say
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That the heart has got to open
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In a fundamental way
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Democracy is coming to the USA


[Verse 5]
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It's coming from the women and the
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 men
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Oh baby, we'll be making love again
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We'll be going down so deep
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That the river's going to weep
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And the mountain's gonna shout 
"Amen"
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It's coming like the tidal flood 
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beneath the lunar sway
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Imperial, mysterious, in amorous 
array
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Democracy is coming to the USA


[Chorus]
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Sail on, sail on
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O mighty ship of state
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To the shores of need
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Past the reefs of greed
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Through the squalls of hate
     Bm       E        D A
Sail on, sail on, sail on


[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
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I'm sentimental, if you know what 
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I mean
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Oh, I love the country, but I 
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can't stand the scene
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And I'm neither left or right, I'm 
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just staying home tonight
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Getting lost in that hopeless little
 screen
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But I'm stubborn as those garbage 
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bags that time cannot decay
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I'm junk, but I'm still holding up 
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this little wild bouquet
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Democracy is coming to, to the USA
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  To the USA
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  To the USA
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  To the USA