[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I'm in the loony bin
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The dead fish, the air-conditioning
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I got a ticket for your grande finale
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Its 130 in Death Valley
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I've been lost and double-crossed
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Chased down and stabbed in the bloody frost
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I'm a lost child on your evening news
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You're a queen in a castle of sugar cubes
[Chorus]
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America!
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America!
[Verse 2]
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I've seen your guillotine
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A fat boy adrift in a limousine
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Through the land of the lost Cherokee
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Down the rivers of red majesty
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And I've seen your pastures of green
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The crack whores, the wars on the silver screen
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Hiroshima and the lynching tree
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Its a wonder my eyes still can see
[Chorus]
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America!
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America!
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You give me nightmares
[Bridge]
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Did you kill your son Joe Hill?
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The night nurse, she read me his final will
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I thought of running off, but where would I go?
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I wouldn't make it beyond Buffalo
[Verse 3]
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I'd miss your cowgirl kiss
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The red fangs, the lips, the avarice
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Its getting high time for your grande finale
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Its 130 in Death Valley
[Chorus]
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America!
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America!
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You give me dreams to dream
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Popcorn memories and love