The Tubes - Proud To Be An American

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I'm proud    to be an American
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I'm proud    all the groovy things we've done
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There's television   free religion  Rock 'n' roll   Standard Oil
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Times Square   Jimmy Darren   Corey Wells   Smokey Bear
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Price reduction   reconstruction   Peace Corps   and lots more
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Culture that we got to lend

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I'm proud    to be an American
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And I'm proud    had a great time bein' one
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There's your school and my school and both of us in high school
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Surfboards   cigarettes   homework   Southern Comfort
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Boy's dean was real mean  made us keep our locker's clean
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Failed nearly every class  ditchin' was a gas

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I'm proud    to be a young  American
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Just think about it    all the far out things that we've begun
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There's revolution   constitution   land   sea  and air pollution
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Cold wars   hot wars   gas wars   and confrontutions
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Constipation   consternation   open hearted palpitations
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Muscular Dystrophy

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I'm proud    to be an American
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Because we got department stores full of cheap guitars
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But when Sputnik plays 'em  you just go go go go

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I'm proud   to be an American   (we got two chickens in every garage)
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And I wish   every other kid could be one  (in my country  the medium is the massage)
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'Cause it's impossible to give  equality and justice to inferior foreigners too jealous to trust us
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How 'bout checkin' the oil ah, fella?

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I'm proud   to be an American    I'm proud   to be an American   I'm proud   to be an American