Key: A major
Verse 1
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Alright.
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Hey, hey what do you say?
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I come from a place called the U.S. of A.
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Ho, ho what do you know?
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Hop in my car and let's go.
Verse 2
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Well this is a song for America,
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Home of the red, white, and blue.
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Land of Marilyn Monroe
and James Dean,
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Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
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And if you don't love her fuck you.
Verse 3
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Beloved by all from Tikrit to Beijing,
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If the world were a school we'd be
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homecoming king.
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Afghanistan thinks we're the bomb.
Verse 4
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Oh, this is a song for America,
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Home of the red, white, and blue.
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Land of Marilyn Monroe
and James Dean,
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Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
D
Verse 5
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something of note:
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We freed all our slaves and gave
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women the vote.
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E
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Everyone's equal forever, always,
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Unless you're one of them gays.
Verse 6
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Oh, this is a song for America,
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Home of the red, white, and blue.
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Land of Marilyn Monroe
and James Dean,
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Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
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Low-carb diets and fast food cuisine,
Verse 7
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to those in turmoil,
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And if you don't want our help, that's ok
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We're coming in anyway.
Verse 8
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Oh, this is a song for America,
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Home of the red, white, and blue.
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Land of Marilyn Monroe
and James Dean,
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Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
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SUVs, handguns, and US magazine,
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And if you don't love her, fuck you.
Crack cocaine,
Abu Ghraib, and nicotine,
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Swindling CEOs getting off clean,
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amphetamine,
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Nipples get rated NC-17,
Hurr'cane Katrine
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George Bush's great rolling war machine.
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I think we're in trouble, don't you?
Verse 9
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It might seem I don't think
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But intolerance, bigotry,
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greed's what I hate.
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Most folks are honest and decent and true,
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Peaceful, compassionate,
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good through and through.
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That's what it means to be red,
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And if you don't think so fuck you,
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If you don't think so fuck you.
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