Written by Todd Snider
Intro
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More tough news on the late night TV
News lady tells me that it's cold outside
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Man gets his carjacked, graveyard gets ransacked
Everybody knows that there ain't no place to hide
Am Em
Late night drive-by, there's blood on the sidewalk
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Rain's gonna wash out that stain someday
Am Em
That stupid kid should have known this ain't no cakewalk
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You can't just wear your bandana that way
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Ain't that freedom for you
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Ain't that freedom for you
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Freedom American style
Hot car rollin' down an empty highway
The keys were in it man it serves the owner right
The youg girl attacked in the woods
off the parkway
She should have known not to jog alone at night
Drugs rule downtown, gangs rule midtown
You're on your own when they both collide
I keep my doors locked with bars on my window Got an alarm in my car, keep
my kids inside
Ain't that freedom for you
Ain't that freedom for you
Freedom American style
(solo)
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More tough news on the late night TV
News lady tells me that it's cold outside
Man gets his carjacked, graveyard gets ransacked Everybody knows that there
ain't
no place to hide
I keep my arms around whatever I've got
It's an alright world but you know I watch myself I'm virtually free to do
whatever I
want
But I try to remember so is everybody else
Ain't that freedom for you
Ain't that freedom for you
Freedom American style
Ain't that freedom for you
Freedom American style
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