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Verse 1
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Young an d American,
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young and American,
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such pride.
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We've got the keys to the fu ture,
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and we're unlocking it,
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run out and by stocking it.
Like Jerry Ferraro,
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we girls of tomorrow
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are ready to promise you this.
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We'll get things driving,
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so relax and enjoy the drive into
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the Young American Miss.
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On preliminary night,
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a thrilling carnival atmosphere prevails as the girls
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compete in the categories of Vim and Vigor,
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Individual Athletic Skills,
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Scholastic Achievement,
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Creative Talent.
evening's grand finale
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when winners are announced
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for this year's Outstanding
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Achievement Awards.
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And so, without further ado,
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let's proceed to category number one,
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the Vim and Vigor competition.
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we got the moxie and beans.
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Scrummy and happy to prove it,
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no nobody else comes near it.
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And there's nothing feels better
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than moving together
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and proving what energy means.
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All the right stuff is inside us,
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young American teens.
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Our super speciality is
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physical vitality,
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we're young and American.
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Athletical agility, aerobical ability,
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is young and American.
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We're full of imminent vigor,
and we're always on our toes.
You want a demonstration?
Well, get ready,
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here goes!
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We watched the Olympics,
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we thought they were neat.
and we watch what we eat.
It's high on the protein
and low on the fat
Cause physically fit,
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that's where it's at
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I don't know, I was bouncing up and down too,
remember?
God, look at them,
the aqua group
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got better stuff than us
They really did relax
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Just think about your part,
my part, my talent act
I better change,
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we still got two more categories
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Okay, you've seen us working out
and proving what we're talking about
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We're young and American
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But now it's time to share with you
the other stuff that we can do
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We're young and American.
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Group exercise is really great,
but even bigger thrills are coming
when we demonstrate our individual skills.
Come on, I know that you can do it, girl.
Go on and put yourself through it, girl.
Do it, girl.
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Go, girl, go.
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that's a smudge. Nowhere.
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Has anybody seen my daisies?
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They were over by the props.
We'll find them now.
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I'm supposed to carry daisies.
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Supposed to walk, step, touch,
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I just know I left them here, take mine
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But dear, they match that
outfit beautifully
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Doesn't matter, thanks,
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what's your name, dear?
Sandra Kaye
Do it, do it, do it, do it
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Go, girl, go
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young and American
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Physically skilled, we may seem
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But we are also well -rounded
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Not just gymnastically
Yes, we mean scholastically
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From Friends to Biology
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Soaking up knowledge
We stand for the College
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Bowl team.
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Yes, we smarts are a part of
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young America's dream.
A legendary lumberjack
who's Paul Bunyan.
An edible lily is an onion.
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This author and philosopher
wrote Beyond Good and Evil.
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Frederick Nietzsche. Yay! Hooray!
That's 13 ,000 points.
That's right.
We all are suitably trivial,
pursuitable,
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In head and heart, strong and smart,
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young and American.
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You've seen that we study,
as hard as we twirl.
It's all just a breeze for an American girl.
You watched our aerobics,
you thought they were fun.
Hold on to your hats now,
the girls ain't done.
Hold on to your hats,
cause the girls ain't done.
Hold on to your hats,
no, the girls ain't done.
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On top of this we've all got talent.
We sing and dance and act and howl
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All young America's got talent
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As we will prove right now
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Presenting Bakersfield's
young American Miss
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Sandra K. McAfee and her friend Jerry,
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you know it ain't a lot of
fun to be a dummy
What do you mean?
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I mean a dummy has a really crummy life
Explain that please
I sit here on your knee,
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and you say everything for me
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It isn't fair, you're just my owner,
Oh, please, and just between us, folks,
this kid ain't Edgar Bergen
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that's a very nasty thing to say
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If I had legs, I'd up and split,
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that's fine, you're fired
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No, I quit, okay, okay,
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okay, okay, okay, okay
with golden talent
Young and American
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I designed it myself, oh God, Rob
Do you think I should announce that?
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I mean, it's on my fact sheet, but
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Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women.
Pray for us sinners now
and in the hour of our death.
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Amen.
And with a musical cooking
demonstration,
Selena's Young American Miss,
Maria Gonzalez.
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I see lately the cuisine of my country does well.
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See, they're having it my way
on every big highway.
What sign do you see? Taco Bell.
And now, Maria,
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she'll tell you the reason.
See, us Mexican girls are so smart.
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And if we want an hombre
to write down our nombre,
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our food is the way to his heart.
He'll say thank you de nada,
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make sure there's a lot of fried
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beans on the side.
Next you give him gazpacho,
nice and hot because he's macho.
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Finish off with some flan,
and I promise your man,
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he will make you his bride.
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You wanna keep your love alive.
You bake this at 325,
He'll adore your tortilla.
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Wash it down with sangria,
your own panchubia.
Oh no, what to say.
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Af ter that you recruta
Ensalada de fruta
Your fella goes loco and
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takes you away
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You wanna really make him scream?
You garnish this with sour cream
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I had a lot of boyfriends
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But our dates were all so drab
They'd sit there drinkin' tab
I asked my mamacita
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why they never made romance
She said, Maria, take home economics
Clever mamacita!
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Now I serve Calderada
They start singin' Granada
I bring on espinacha
The boys say, I gotcha
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They laugh and they flirt
They get up from my mesa
With a smile on their fesa
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Worth its weight in dinero,
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si they flip the sombrero,
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you can bet then and there,
oh they whisper te quiero
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and once for dessert.
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See what we mean,
she has written by herself,
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here is Yuba City's
young American Miss,
Doria Houston.
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Beauty's gilded copycat,
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spangled dresses, floppy hat, and jewels, I had them too. But one day,
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on a shopping spree, across the street,
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I chanced to see a building,
and it called to me.
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It was, of course, a library,
to thine own self be true.
At last, I'd found a beauty aid
that isn't painted on simplicity
my choice was made
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I knew what I must do off
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came the silly shoes the dress
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and all that glittering foolishness
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the costume jewels the hat the curls
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the silly rhinestone kin
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when finished with this task
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was I no more a spangled butterfly
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I'd learned at last one must rely
Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow, they work not, they toil not,
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yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory
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was not one half so beautiful as these.
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Young and American,
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Leaders of cheers and of men,
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Lacing a path with a pon pon,
Each one a ten,
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we're gonna tell you again,
We're ready!
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Young and American,
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Hold out until the day when,
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Youth will be served and start serving,
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We've got a plan
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cause we're young and American
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