America (live)

	  		


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Verse 

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I came through the fence in ‘93 
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And I know that they are after me today 
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I believe this is the land for me 
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Of hope, and grace, and liberty 
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Oh, my grandfather, he told me 
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Son, you’ll never have to run anymore 
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Oh, but I broke the law 
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Which I will surely die for 

But, now 

Cadd9 
I am on my way 
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I have to leave today, 
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Tell my wife and boy that I love them 
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I gave my son to America 
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God, I pray they treat him well 


Intro 

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Well, my daddy left when I was five, 
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I do not know if he’s alive at all 
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And, it’s hard with just my mom and me 
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But I work to feed my family 
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And, I work hard to keep my bitter pay 
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That the rich man comes and takes away 
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So, I killed him in the dead of night 
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With my father’s gun 
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I took his life away 
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I took his life away 

Now, I say 

Cadd9 
I was on my way 
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I have to leave today 
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Tell my mom and sister that I love them 
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I am on the run 

From America 
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God, I pray they don’t catch me
 

Intro 

Verse 

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Now, I sit here in this dirty cell 
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The jailer comes to give me hell 
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They have caught me and my racist mind 
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I’ll surely pay for what I’ve done 
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But, then I look up and I see 
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This old man staring at me 
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He tells me I remind him of someone 
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His own boy he left at the age of 5 
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That probably thought his daddy died 
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And, how he wished he could tell him 

Outro 

Cadd9 
He would say 
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I was on my way, had to leave that day 
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Tell my wife and boy that I love them 

Cadd9 
I gave my love to America 
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God I pray they treat him well, 
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Oh, god I pray they treat well 
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God, I pray they treat him well.