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
