America

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No, I don't really wanna die

unless it's for America

And I hope that I never cry

unless it's for America

And if I ever get the gift of sight

it'll be to see America

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Because if I don't believe in America

then I don't believe in me

so I wanna get to know America

what shines between the shining seas

I know if I don't understand America

then I don't understand me

because I was born in America

and America is born from me

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I love all the trucks at night

on the highways of America

And underneath the flickering light

I get a feeling of America

Show me photographs in black and white

of how if used to be in America

Oh I need to cling to something tight

and it's gonna be America

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Because I really love you America

I see what you were trying to be

And I really feel for you America

adrift between the shining seas

Oh I got so sick in America

but some day I know I'll be free

because I was raised in America

and America will be raised by me

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