What is America to me
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A name, a map, or a flag I see
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A certain word, democracy
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What is America to me
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The house I live in
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A plot of earth, the street
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The grocer and the butcher
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Or the people that I meet
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The children in the playground
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The faces that I see
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All races and religions
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That's America to me
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The place I work in
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The worker by my side
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The little town the city
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Where my people lived and died
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The howdy and the handshake
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The air a feeling free
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And the right to speak your mind out
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That's America to me
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The things I see about me
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The big things and the small
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That little corner newsstand
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Or the house a mile tall
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The wedding and the churchyard
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The laughter and the tears
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The dream that's been a growing
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For more than two hundred years
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The town I live in
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The street, the house, the room
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The pavement of the city
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Or a garden all in bloom
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The church the school the clubhouse
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The millions lights I see
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Especially the people
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That's America to me
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The House I Live In, That's America To Me
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| Neil Diamond |
