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all songs | lyrics | chords AMERICA  Well I've seen this whole country All the lonely spots the highway stops And nothing really changes But the weather and the way people talk Yeah I've seen America And from the ghettos to the hills And to the suburbs the same sorrows fall It's all stomach-aches and coughing Cigarettes and death and telephone calls You forgot to lock the door, America Yeah I've seen you undressed Is it true what they told me, America? 'Cause you were stunning in the flesh Well I was walking through a casino in Las Vegas I saw a plastic Statue of Liberty Posed like Marilyn Monroe Completely absent of that silent iron dignity Oh goddamn it, America I couldn't have said it better myself Is it true what they taught me, America? Oh did your guns once make us proud? Oh please don't fuck this up, America Oh you're not thinking of your health You're gettin greedy now, America Are you being true to yourself Or to anybody else? Oooh, oooh, oooooh, oh Oooh, oooh, ooooooooh Well I woke up in Manhattan I guess I got so drunk I slept in my car And in those deep and desperate moments they say You get the most clarity - I was a prophet I saw from so far Oh we're hungover, America We need a shave, I need coffee But I should thank you, America 'Cause I did not build this city C'mon, give me something to die for, America Until then, don't bother me I wanna believe in you, America I don't give a fuck if you believe in me I wanna say 'I love you, America' For all the things you've granted me But I'm ashamed of you, America How you convinced me we were free And I take that personally