G5  
There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood  
G5  
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard  
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You know he thinks that he's got it so good  
G5  
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop  
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And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when   
             G5  
   you could stop a clock."  


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Oh but ain't that America for you and me  
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Ain't that America somethin' to see baby   
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Ain't that America home of the free   
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Little pink houses for you and me  
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There's a young man in a t-shirt  

Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station  

He's got greasy hair, greasy smile  

He says, "Lord this must be my destination."  

'Cause they told me when I was younger  

"Boy you're gonna be president."  

But just like everything else those old crazy dreams  

Just kinda came and went  
  
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Well there's people and more people  
What do they know know know  
Go to work in some high rise  
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico  
Ooh yeah  
And ther's winners and there's losers  
But they ain't no big deal  
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,   
     the pills that kill  
  
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