Key: A major
Verse 1
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Or pitching pennies on the parlor floor,
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Their pleasures left me
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For I knew what I was predestined for.
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Yes, he knew what he
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was predestined for.
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I got a job and worked both
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I watched the cheese
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but never watched the clock.
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The big boss thought I was
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so very bright at it.
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But when he died he left me all the stock.
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I was there when opportun
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ity came to knock.
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Like the hero in an outer nov el,
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he was born and brought up in a hobble.
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Though I often had to face disaster,
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I would al ways prove myself a master.
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He would always prove himself a master.
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for I always have the gift of vision.
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He upholds the country's constitution,
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and he hates the Russian Revolution.
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How he makes the Russian Revolution!
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He opposes the country's laws
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Because, because, because, be cause
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I am a typical self -made American
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I've been a go -getter
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ever since life began
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with my shoulder to the wheel,
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and my two feet on the ground.
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typical South Bay American.
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From the
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lowest of the ranks I've risen
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Now both honor
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An d now tell him of
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your sense of humor
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Of your devastating sense of humor
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I'm a mason and an elk and woodman
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Which unquestionably
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I've been very good to dear old mother
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So we'll never work for any other.
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We don't care to work for any oth er.
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And we give him our applause,
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because, because,
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be cause, be cause
He is a typical self -made American.
With wheat cakes for breakfast,
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cornflakes and lots of bread.
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as a ruler who is crowned
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and my two feet on the ground
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self -made American
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