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I'm an american, boys, and i've come a long way |
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I was born and bred in the usa |
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So listen up close, i've get something to say |
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Boys, i'm buying this round |
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Well it took a iittke while but we're in this fight |
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And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right |
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We're gonna drink camden town dry tonight |
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If i have to spend my last pound |
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When i first got to london it was pourin' down rain |
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Met a iittle girl in the field canteen |
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Painted her name on the nose of my plane |
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Six more missions i'm gene |
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Well i asked if i could stay and she said that i might |
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Then the warden came around yelling 'turn out the lights' |
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Death rainin' out of the london night |
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We made love 'til dawn |
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But when johnny come lately comes marching home |
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With a chest full of medals and a g.l. loan |
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They'll be waitin' at the station down in san antone |
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When johnny comes marching home |
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My p-47 is a pretty good ship |
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And she took a round coming cross the channel last trip |
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I was thinking 'bout my baby and letting her rip |
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Always got me through so far |
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Well they can ship me all over this great big world |
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But i'll never find nothing like my north end girl |
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I'm taking her home whh me one day, sir |
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Soon as we win this war |
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Now my granddaddy sang me this song |
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Told me about londen when the blitz was on |
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How he married grandma and brought her back home |
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A hero throughout his land |
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Now i'm standing on a runway in san diego |
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A couple purple hearts and i move a little slow |
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There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows |
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About a place called vietnam |
