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Intro 1
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Verse 1
Don't know if it's makin' me
Went for the subway but
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And the tunnel was grumbling
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for repairs again
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And the sign says welcome to
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American Jerusalem
Verse 2
You could spend forever
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Makin' a friend in this town
All you get to do
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Is lay your dollar down
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Until you're stumbling drunk
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up the stairs again
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And the sign says welcome to
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American Jerusalem
Verse 3
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In the temples of American Jerusalem
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They buy an ounce of South African gold
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They don't care who was
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bought or sold
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Or who died to mine it
Verse 4
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In the temples of Amer
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ican Jerusalem
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They buy an ounce of Marseille
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white
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Somewhere on a street
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with no light
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Somebody dies tryin' it
Verse 5
Em
Then somewhere in a crowd
Lookin' that kinda way
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That'll make you turn around
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There'll be somebody who knows
What it's about
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And he'll take the ribbons
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Em
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And welcome you to American Jerusalem
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Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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In the alleys of American Jerusalem
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The homeless lie down at the dawn
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Em
The pretty people wonder
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what they're on
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And how they afford it
Verse 7
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In the ashes of American Jerusalem
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The prophets live their deaths
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out on the corner
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The pretty people say there should've
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been a warnin'
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But nobody heard it
Verse 8
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Then shadows lick the sun
The streets are paved with
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Footsteps on the run
Somebody musta got double
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'Cuz I got none I forgot to
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collect my share again
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So go west to breathe
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the cleansing air again
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Go Niagara for your honeymoon again
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Go on the road if you're
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gonna sing your tune again
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Go out to sea and learn to be a man again
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Em
Until you come on home to
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American Jerusalem
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