You get to watch that television
\nIn America
\nFrom the comfort zone
\nEven in the ghetto cable T.V. blares loudly
\nIncessantly
\nAnd there is always cheese in America
\nBig blocks of whole milk created bliss
\nPassed out from big Gov-en-ment trucks by
\nSmiling youngsters
\nYou can skateboard in America
\nPast the parks and parking lots
\nIn and out and over and under as long as there are no bored cops around
\nTo rip your wheels out from under you and send ya packing
\nIn America
\nChildren worry about what brand of shoes to wear
\nWhat brand of cereal to eat
\nWhat brand of toy to play with
\nWhat brand of gun to shoot
\nBut that\u2019s OK
\nParents worry about the same stuff in
\nAmerica
\nFretting about this and that and this and that and
\nI love America
\nBecause you can say these things
\nAll you want
\nAnd no one comes booting in your door at 3 am
\nAnd makes you disappear forever
\nIn America
\nYou can make art and show it to almost anyone anywhere and
\nNo \u201cRepresentative of the People\u201d will come and chop off your
\nHand or
\nHead or
\nWazoo
\nIn America people have created time to still dream
\nTo imagine kindness as a gift
\nTo give love in the strangest of places
\nTo believe in something bigger and better
\nIn America
\nWe try to try to try to just get along
\nWe forgive and forget
\nWe Want so badly to be equal yet demand that we remain different in
\nAmerica<\/p>\n
In America you can go to the movies
\nBuy cars
\nGet married
\nHave children
\nMake love
\nRun for office
\nPlay all day
\nDance all night
\nDrink booze
\nSmoke ciggy butts
\nServe your Country
\nWrite books
\nPractice Religion
\nPractice Magic
\nPractice Sports
\nBecome famous
\nBecome quiet
\nIn America you can
\nStrongly disagree
\nMost of all in America you can make a difference for yourself and blessedly
\nFor others too
\nThis beautiful creature
\nStretched out across oceans
\nBillions of everything living in her belly
\nIdeas
\nAnimals and
\nPeople
\nAmerica
\nAmerica
\nAmerica<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a92012 Harry Fagel all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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