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AMERICA
(from the album "This Machine: The Best of Roy Zimmerman")
words and music
copyright © 2005 by
Roy Zimmerman
America
Is a ‘57 Chevy
That veers to the left
And lurches to the right

America
Is a pawn shop window
With decals of Old Glory
Made by children in China

America
Is a dog playing poker
Saying, “War is a last resort”
And wagging his tail

America
Is a Compassionate Conservative
And a gay Republican
And vegetarian vampire

America
Is that Norman Rockwell
Of the family on Thanksgiving
Hung on the wall of an Indian casino

America
Is a big group therapy session
With one guy in the corner
Who will not shut up

God bless the superhero
And God bless the no-account jerk
And God bless America
It just might work
It just might work

What if a guy came up to you and said, “I’m going to bring forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”?  You’d probably say, “Right on. Good luck with that.”  And what if he said, “I’m going to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”  You’d probably say, “Wow, knock yourself out!”  And what if he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country”?  You’d probably say, “I’ve got a meeting...”

America
Is a conspiracy of genius
In sweat-stained waistcoats
And powdered wigs

America
Is a homeless Jesus
Being held at gunpoint
By King James

America
Is an apple pie
With a few bad apples
Right toward the top

America
Is a dream of freedom
Dreamed by everyone
All over the world

God bless the normal people
And the ones with every known quirk
And God bless America…
It just might work

America
It just might work

Keep working
And it just might work


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