America (12" Version)

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah Turn it up Peace! Whew! Yeah Yeah Yeah [Verse 1] Aristocrats on a mountain climb Makin' money, losing time Communism is just a word But if the government turn over It'll be the only word that's heard [Chorus] America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free [Verse 2] Little sister makin' minimum wage Livin' in a one room jungle-monkey cage Can't get over, she's almost dead She may not be in the black But she happy she ain't in the red [Chorus] America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free [Post-Chorus] Freedom Love Joy Peace [Verse 3] Jimmy Nothing never went to school They made him pledge allegiance He said it wasn't cool Nothing made Jimmy proud Now, Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud [Chorus] America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free [Post-Chorus] Whew! Freedom Love (Whew!) Joy Peace [Refrain] Boom, boom, boom, boom The bombs go Boom, uh Boom, boom, boom (Love) The bombs go boom Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance? [Instrumental Break] That's enough Whew! Ooh-ooh [Chorus] America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free Guitar and Drums! [Instrumental Break] [Refrain] Boom, boom, boom Boom The bombs go boom Boom, boom, boom The bomb go boom Boom, boom, boom The bombs go [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free [Post-Chorus] Freedom Love Ah-ah-ah-aaaaah [Guitar Solo] [Verse 1] Purple mountain majesty Aristocrats on a mountain climb Makin' money, losing time Communism is just a word But if the government turn over It'll be the only word that's heard [Interlude] You gonna stand in my way? Hey! Come on, they said, can I sing? Yeah [Guitar Solo] [Interlude] Na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na [Refrain] Boom, boom, boom, boom The bombs go boom Boom, boom, boom The bombs go boom Boom, boom, boom The bombs go [Chorus] (Boom) America, (Boom) America God shed (Boom) His grace on thee (Boom) America, (Boom) America (Boom) Keep the children free (The bombs go) (Boom) America, (Boom) America God shed (Boom) His grace on thee (Boom) America, (Boom) America (Boom) Keep the children (Boom) Keep the children (Boom) Keep the children free (And the bombs go boom) [Instrumental Outro]