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Intro 1
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I saw
Verse 1
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Willie Mays
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At a Scotsdale Home Depot
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Looking at Garage Door Springs
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At the the far end of the 14th row
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His wife stood there
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beside him
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She was quiet and they both were proud
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I gave them room but
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was close enough
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That I heard him when
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he said out loud
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This was my country
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And this was my song
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Somewhere in the middle there
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Though it started badly and
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it's ending wrong
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This was my country
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This frightful and this angry land
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But it's my right if the worst
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of it might still
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Somehow make me a better
man
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Verse 5
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The sun is unforgiving
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And there's nobody who would
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choose this town
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But we've squandered so
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much of our goodwill
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That there's nowhere else
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will have us now
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at the picture show
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For cool air and a chance to see
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A vision of ourselves portrayed
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As younger and braver and
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humble and free
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This was our country
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This was our song
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Somewhere in the middle there
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Though it started badly and
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it's ending wrong
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This was our country
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This frightful and this angry land
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But it's my right if the worst
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of it might still
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Somehow make me a better man
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Interlude 1
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I've started something
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I can't finish
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And I barely leave the house,
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it's true
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I keep a wrap on my sores and joints
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blessings too
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And the factory keeps my
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house in shape
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My children, they've both been paroled
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And we get by on the piece
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I feel safe,
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so far from heaven
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From towers and their ocean views
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From here I see a future
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coming across
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What soon will be beaches too
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I'm almost sure
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The greatest centerfielder of all time
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Stooped by the burden
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of endless dreams
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His and yours and mine
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beneath his foot
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He leaned over then he
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stood upright
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Testing each against his weight
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For one that had some play and some fight
Verse 14
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He's just like us, I wanna tell him
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And our needs are small enough
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Something to slow a
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Something to help us raise one up
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this was my country
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This was my song
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Somewhere in the middle there
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Though it started badly and
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it's ending wrong
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Well, this was God's country
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This frightful and this angry land
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But if it's his will,
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the worst of it might still
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Somehow make me a better man
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Verse 17
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the worst of it might still
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Somehow make me a better man
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