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AMERICANA

I'VE TRAVELED ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY
IN MY TIME I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT ALL
BUT TODAY I TOOK A DETOUR DOWN A BACK ROAD
THROUGH A LITTLE TOWN WHOSE NAME I CAN'T RECALL

THERE WERE THREE OLD MEN ON BENCHES PLAYING CHECKERS
CHILDREN PLAYING HOP SCOTCH ON THE SQUARE
AND HIGH ABOVE A STATUE OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
OLD GLORY WAS WAVING IN THE AIR

SUDDENLY I REALIZED WHAT I'D TOO LONG FORGOTTEN
CHILL BUMPS UP LIKE MOUNTAINS ON MY SKIN
OVERCOME WITH A FEELING I KNEW I WAS SEEING AMERICA ALL OVER AGAIN

(chorus)
AMERICANA PICTURE OF A PEOPLE PROUD AND FREE
AMERICANA I'LL KEEP HOLDING TO THE DREAM
YOU'RE STILL WHAT LIVING MEANS TO ME

I KNEW THE STOP WOULD THROW MW OFF MY SCHEDULE
BUT I PARKED AROUND BEHIND THE FIVE AND DIME
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A SMALL TONW IN THE SUMMER
LIKE A NORMAN ROCKWELL PICTURE BACK IN TIME

KIDS CAVOTIN' AT THE REXALL SODA FOUNTAIN
LIKE WE DID BEFORE THE BUILT THE SHOPPING MALL
I SAW SO MANY REASONS WHY I LOVE THIS COUNTRY
YOU KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER REALLY CHANGE AT ALL.

AS I LEFT THE TWO-LANE ROAD
AND PULLED BACK ON THAT SUPER HIGH WAY
I THOUGHT OF WHAT I'D SEEN BACK IN THAT TOWN
AND IT HIT ME LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN----
THAT A STONE'S THROW FROM THE FAST LANE---
AMERICA IS STILL SAFE AND SOUND

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