When I met America, I didn't know her name
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But it seems she was something special even then
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I knew it just the same
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Yes, I loved the things she stood for
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Help the helpless make people free
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And I knew that an American is what I wanted to be
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It was the start of a little love affair
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between my country and me
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Oh, oh, my country tis of thee
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Well we both grew up, things were good
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Things that we had known
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Some said we had lost something
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Some said we had grown
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Well time keeps rolling by my friend,
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Things can never die.
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But I had always wonder what would happen,
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Wondered when and why,
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What would happen to our little love affair,
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Between my country and me,
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Oh, oh, my country tis of thee,
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Oh, time went by and I forgot,
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Why I fell in love,
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Though I still pledge my allegiance,
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And soon I would wave the flag above,
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Didn't know why what we'd done,
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Didn't know where it flowed,
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Well I never knew if we had lost,
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If we had grown,
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It was the last of a little love affair,
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Between my country and me,
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(back ground: Oh say can you see, my country tis of thee)
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Oh, oh, my country tis of thee.
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A Quiet Little Love Affair
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Harry Chapin |