Americana

	  		
By Moe Bandy 
 
 
 
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I?ve traveled all around this country 
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In my time I thought I?d seen it all 
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But today I took a detour down a backroad 
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Through a little town whose name I can?t recall 
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There were old men on benches playin? checkers 
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Children playin? hopscotch on the square 
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And high above a statue of an unknown soldier 
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Old Glory was waving in the air 
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Suddenly I realized what I?d too long forgotten 
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A chill rose up like mountains on my skin 
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Overcome with the feelin?, I knew I was seein? 
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America all over again 
 
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A?mer-icana 
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Pictures of a people proud and free 
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A?m-ericana, I?ll keep holdin? to the dream 
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You?re still what livin? means to me
 
 
 
I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule 
But I parked around behind the Five and Dime 
There?s something bout a small town in the summer 
Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time 
Kids were courtin? at the Rexall soda fountain 
Like we did before they built the shoppin mall 
I saw so many reasons why I love this country 
You know some things never really change at all 
As I left the 2 lane road and pulled back on that superhighway 
I thought of what I?d seen back in that town 
And it hit me like a freight train 
That a stones throw from the fast lane, America is still safe and sound 
 
Chorus Twice