Dear Old America

Album: Fanatic (2012)
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  • Standing in line on the depot floor
    Taking my time getting through the door
    Daddy said "Go!" and mama just cried
    Sister said "Devil's on the other side"
    Hurricane blowing, water gets high
    Can't turn around or I'll drown in lies

    When I get back I'm gonna own this town
    Shine that medal and wear that crown
    Fall on my knees and kiss the ground
    Dear old America

    Run run rabbit save your rabbit skin
    Jump right back in your hole again
    Bullets they cry whispering drone
    Fire in the sky God's on the phone

    When I get home I'm gonna shove my doubts
    Dream my dreams and shut my mouth
    Nobody knows what this is all about
    Dear old America

    We don't beg and we don't run
    We don't lose, we don't overcome
    Purple mountain majesty sliding to a broken sea
    Daddy he swear and mama she cry
    "My sweet baby she's bound to die"

    When I get back I'm gonna feel just fine
    One more day I'm gonna do my time
    Ain't no hammer gonna ring like mine

    When I get home I'm gonna shove my doubts
    Dream my dreams and shut my mouth
    No one knows what this is all about now

    When I get home I'm gonna shove my doubts
    Dream my dreams and shut my mouth
    No one knows what this is all about

    Dear old America Writer/s: ANN WILSON DUSTIN, BENJAMIN MINK, NANCY LAMOUREAUX WILSON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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