Grow Up America chords by Junior Brown

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Verse 1
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John and Mary had two kids
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named Mark and Terry
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But they didn't treat them very well
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Made their childhood a  living hell
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And as those hurting years went by
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the kids just kept the pain inside
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nobody knew what those kids had been going
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through grow up america
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we've got kids to raise
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if the kids are the future
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we gotta help them turn the page
from today
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to a newer brighter way
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cause a kid's gotta be a kid
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and have a safe place to stay
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and when grown -ups won't grow up
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and it's the kids who have to pay
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they need a shining light
and they've got the right to be
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kept out of harm's way.
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Grow up America,
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because we've got kids to
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raise.
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Mark and Terry got some help
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They both grown up and doing well
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better than you'd expect,
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after the abuse and neglect.
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Now they have children of their own,
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but they won't pass that curse along.
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They threw the herd away
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and and raise their kids a  better way.
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Grow up America,
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we've got kids to raise.
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If the kids are the future,
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we've got to help them
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turn the page from today
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to a newer, brighter way.
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Cause a kid's gotta be a kid,
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and have a safe place to stay
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And when grown -ups won't grow up,
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then it's the kids who have to pay
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They need a shining light,
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and they've got the right to be kept
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out of harm's way
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Grow up America,
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cause we've got kids to raise
Grow up, America,
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we've got kids to raise.