Intro

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[verse i]


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All along the avenues the soldiers make their way

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While lovers reap the revenue of a cold September day

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Kiss me darling kiss me like we'll never kiss again

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And love me won't you love me like it's our greatest revenge



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No one knows how much it means the funded wars write magazines

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Battle fronts and beauty queens making love in the headlines

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I feel for all the progeny how will they know what freedom means

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When it's forged to every cause and claim on the fear assembly lines





[chorus]


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Oh the American machine

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Oh the American machine




[verse ii]


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What happened to our chivalry now pork is fed to the fattest beast

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And the women and the babies are starving on the ship

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And the waters comin' in so fast it's hard to know how long it will last

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When you take in  all that you give back or you'll drown under the debt




[chorus]


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Oh the American greed

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Oh the American greed it's not me

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I'm gonna give what I can






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Come, come feed the promise that's inside of me

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With a little love, we'll raise a brand new army up

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Of the surest doves with hearts that gleam like golden guns with

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Nothing in their arsenal but love



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I'd give it all I'd give it all for a legacy of love