G5 C5 C5 It was the town that made America famous A5 D5 G5 The churches full and the kids gone to hell G5 Six traffic lights, and seven cops C5 C5 C5 And all the streets kept clean A5 D5 C5 G5 The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doin' well G5 C5 C5 Now they were the folks that made America famous A5 C5 D5 G5 Our local fire department stocked with short-haired volunteers G5 And on Saturday night, while America boozes C5 C5 C5 The fire department showed dirty movies A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 The lawyer and the grocer seein' their dreams come to life on the movie screen F5 D5 C5 While the plumber hopes that he won't be seen, as he tries to hide his fears G5 And he wipes away his tears Bb5 A5 But somethin's burinin' somewhere B5 G5 DOES ANYBODY CARE? G5 C5 C5 We were the kids that made America famous A5 D5 G5 The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair G5 We were lazy long-hairs droppin' out C5 C5 C5 Lost, confused, and coppin' out A5 D5 Convinced our futures were in doubt C5 G5 And tryin' not to care G5 C5 C5 We lived in the house that made America famous A5 C5 D5 G5 It was a run-down slum , the shame of all the decent folks in town G5 We're hippies and some welfare cases C5 C5 C5 Crowded families of cold, black faces A5 C5 A5 Cramped inside some cracked old boards C5 A5 C5 The best that we all could afford F5 D5 C5 But still too fine for the rich landlord to ever tear it down G5 And we could hear the sound Bb5 A5 Of somethin' burnin' somewhere B5 G5 IS ANYBODY THERE? G5 C5 C5 We all lived the life that made America famous A5 D5 G5 Our cops would make a point to shadow us around our town G5 C5 C5 C5 And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door A5 D5 C5 G5 America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud G5 C5 C5 And then came the night that made America famous A5 C5 D5 G5 Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke? G5 C5 C5 C5 In the tinder-box trap we hippies lived in someone struck a spark A5 C5 A5 At first I thought that I was dreamin' C5 A5 C5 Then I saw the first flames gleamin' F5 D5 And heard the sound of children screamin' C5 G5 Comin' through the smoke Bb5 A5 And somethin's burnin' somewhere B5 G5 DOES ANYBODY CARE? G5 C5 C5 Oh, it was the fire that made America famous A5 D5 G5 The sirens wailed and the firemen stumbled sleepin' from their homes G5 And when the plumber yelled, "C'mon, let's go!" C5 C5 C5 They saw what was burnin' and said, "Take it slow" A5 "Let 'em sweat a little" D5 "They'll never know" C5 "And besides, we just cleaned the chrome" N/C/ G5 Said the plumber, "Then I'm goin' alone" G5 Well he rolled on up in the fire truck A5 And raised the ladder to the ledge C5 C5 A5 D5 While me and my girl and a couple of kids were clinging like bats to the edge G5 We staggered to salvation C5 C5 C5 Collapsed on the street A5 D5 And I never thought that a fat man's face C5 G5 Would ever look so sweet G5 C5 C5 I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous A5 D5 G5 And he smiled from the heart that made America great G5 C5 C5 C5 We spent the rest of that night in the home of this man that we'd never known before A5 D5 C5 G5 It's funny; when you get that close, it's kind of hard to hate G5 C5 C5 I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous A5 C5 D5 G5 I had the kind of a dream that maybe they're still trying to teach in school G5 C5 C5 O' the America that made America famous A5 C5 A5 And of the people who just might understand C5 A5 C5 That how together, yes we can F5 Create a country better than D5 The one we have made of this land F5 We have the choice F5 To make each man D5 Who dares to dream D5 Reachin' out his hand C5 G5 A prophet or just a crazy damn dreamer or a fraud C5 G5 Yes, a crazy fraud Bb5 A5 and somethin's burnin' somewhere B5 G5 DOES ANYBODY CARE? G5 IS ANYBODY THERE? G5 IS ANYBODY THERE?????