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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We first moved to the USA
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all the way from Canada
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Drove across the continent from
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Nova Scotia to Pasadena
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My sister and me, and my mom and dad
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From the cull to the sunny south
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There were palm trees growing
and it was not snowing
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And I never did shut my mouth
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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We drove on over to the courthouse
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in downtown Los Angeles
We put our hands on a bible and we
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swore as a family that we
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When we drove away, I started to cry
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They said, "What's wrong son,
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I said, "I don't wanna be an
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American; I wanna be a Catholic"
Verse 3
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We talked Hollywood,
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and baseball in the car
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The voice of Vin Scully; It would
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travel really far.
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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I made my first communion in St
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There was incense choking and a priest
was smoking; was a choir up in the perch
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My face got red,
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and my stomach felt bad
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They said, "if you're gonna get sick,
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Well I thought by the time that it
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was my turn Jesus would be all eaten up
Verse 5
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We talked Hollywood,
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and baseball in the car
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The voice of Ernie Harwell; It
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would travel really far.
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
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My allergies were bad so we moved to
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the desert to a city called Palm Springs
We trick- or- treated at
Liberace's
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house; each finger had a diamond ring
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We met Elvis Presley in the
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sister for far too long.
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Well, it felt kinda weird,
but I woulda pimped her out
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just to hear him sing a song
Verse 7
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We talked Hollywood,
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and baseball in the car
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The voice of Jack Buck; It would
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travel really far.
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Verse 8
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Now, here I am, a grown up boy at
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home on the Fourth of July
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Staring out at the ocean and the
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I miss my friends who aren't around; the
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ones who passed away.
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Well, I'm feeling kind of grateful
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here on Independence Day
Verse 9
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and baseball in the car
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The voice of Jerry Coleman; It
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would travel really far.
Verse 10
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I get allergies
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And asthma in the yard
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And no one ever told me
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Growing up would be so hard
Outro 1
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