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Verse 1
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Young an d American,
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young and American,
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such pride.
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We've got the keys to the fu ture,
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and we're unlocking it,
Like Jerry Ferraro,
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we girls of tomorrow
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are ready to promise you this.
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so relax and enjoy the drive into
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On preliminary night,
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a thrilling carnival atmosphere prevails as the girls
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compete in the categories of Vim and Vigor,
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Individual Athletic Skills,
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Scholastic Achievement,
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Creative Talent.
evening's grand finale
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Achievement Awards.
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And so, without further ado,
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the Vim and Vigor competition.
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we got the moxie and beans.
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Scrummy and happy to prove it,
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than moving together
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All the right stuff is inside us,
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young American teens.
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Our super speciality is
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physical vitality,
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Athletical agility, aerobical ability,
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We're full of imminent vigor,
and we're always on our toes.
You want a demonstration?
Well, get ready,
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here goes!
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We watched the Olympics,
and we watch what we eat.
It's high on the protein
and low on the fat
Cause physically fit,
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that's where it's at
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I don't know, I was bouncing up and down too,
remember?
God, look at them,
the aqua group
They really did relax
my part, my talent act
I better change,
and proving what we're talking about
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But now it's time to share with you
the other stuff that we can do
but even bigger thrills are coming
when we demonstrate our individual skills.
Come on, I know that you can do it, girl.
Go on and put yourself through it, girl.
Do it, girl.
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that's a smudge. Nowhere.
We'll find them now.
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Supposed to walk, step, touch,
outfit beautifully
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what's your name, dear?
Sandra Kaye
Do it, do it, do it, do it
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Go, girl, go
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young and American
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Physically skilled, we may seem
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Not just gymnastically
Yes, we mean scholastically
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Soaking up knowledge
We stand for the College
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Bowl team.
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Yes, we smarts are a part of
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young America's dream.
A legendary lumberjack
who's Paul Bunyan.
An edible lily is an onion.
wrote Beyond Good and Evil.
That's 13 ,000 points.
That's right.
We all are suitably trivial,
pursuitable,
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young and American.
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You've seen that we study,
as hard as we twirl.
It's all just a breeze for an American girl.
You watched our aerobics,
you thought they were fun.
Hold on to your hats now,
the girls ain't done.
Hold on to your hats,
cause the girls ain't done.
Hold on to your hats,
no, the girls ain't done.
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On top of this we've all got talent.
We sing and dance and act and howl
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All young America's got talent
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Presenting Bakersfield's
young American Miss
fun to be a dummy
What do you mean?
Explain that please
I sit here on your knee,
Oh, please, and just between us, folks,
this kid ain't Edgar Bergen
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that's a very nasty thing to say
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If I had legs, I'd up and split,
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okay, okay, okay, okay
with golden talent
Young and American
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I designed it myself, oh God, Rob
Do you think I should announce that?
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I mean, it's on my fact sheet, but
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Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women.
Pray for us sinners now
and in the hour of our death.
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Amen.
And with a musical cooking
demonstration,
Selena's Young American Miss,
Maria Gonzalez.
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I see lately the cuisine of my country does well.
on every big highway.
What sign do you see? Taco Bell.
And now, Maria,
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she'll tell you the reason.
See, us Mexican girls are so smart.
to write down our nombre,
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our food is the way to his heart.
He'll say thank you de nada,
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beans on the side.
Next you give him gazpacho,
nice and hot because he's macho.
and I promise your man,
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he will make you his bride.
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You wanna keep your love alive.
You bake this at 325,
He'll adore your tortilla.
your own panchubia.
Oh no, what to say.
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Af ter that you recruta
Ensalada de fruta
Your fella goes loco and
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takes you away
You garnish this with sour cream
They'd sit there drinkin' tab
I asked my mamacita
She said, Maria, take home economics
Clever mamacita!
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Now I serve Calderada
They start singin' Granada
I bring on espinacha
The boys say, I gotcha
They get up from my mesa
With a smile on their fesa
oh they whisper te quiero
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See what we mean,
she has written by herself,
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here is Yuba City's
young American Miss,
Doria Houston.
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spangled dresses, floppy hat, and jewels, I had them too. But one day,
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on a shopping spree, across the street,
and it called to me.
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It was, of course, a library,
to thine own self be true.
At last, I'd found a beauty aid
that isn't painted on simplicity
my choice was made
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came the silly shoes the dress
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and all that glittering foolishness
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was I no more a spangled butterfly
Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow, they work not, they toil not,
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yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory
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was not one half so beautiful as these.
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Young and American,
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Leaders of cheers and of men,
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Lacing a path with a pon pon,
Each one a ten,
We're ready!
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Young and American,
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Hold out until the day when,
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Youth will be served and start serving,
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We've got a plan
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