America will survive

(Country boy can survive, 11th September version)    (video)

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1. People think it's nearly the end of time,

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    ’cause we're all together, now we've drawn the line.

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    Our flag is up, the stock market’s down,

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    but now we're united from the country to the town.

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    We live back in the woods you see,

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    big city problems never bothered me.

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    But the world has changed and so have I,

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    and America can survive, America will survive !

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2. We can plough our fields all day long,

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    we can catch catfish from dusk till dawn.

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    Yeah, we have toughed it out a time or two,

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    ain't too many things these boys and girls can't do !

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    We grow good ole tomatoes, we got hometown pride,

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    and America can survive, America’s gonna survive !

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    Well, you can't starve us out, you can’t make us run,

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    we’re them boys and girls with freedom and fun.

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    We say grace and we say ma'am,

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    if they don't like that, we don't give a damn.

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3. We came from the West Virginia coal mines,

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    the Rocky Mountains and the big city skylines.

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    We can hit back and we're gonna' be fine,

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    `cause this country can survive, America can survive.

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4. I had a good friend in New York City,

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    he never called me by my name, called me Hillbilly.

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    My grandpa taught me how to live off the land,

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    and his taught him to be a good businessman.

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    He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights,

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    I'd send him some of Granddaddy William’s

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    homemade muscadine wine.

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    He was lost like so many in the terrible strife,

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    we're all asking God, now, why oh why ?

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    A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye,

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    that's an old slogan we're gonna' revive,

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    `cause America can survive, America will survive !

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    Hey, you can't scare us out, you can’t make us run,

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    we’re them boys and girls that got freedom and fun.

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    We say grace, we say ma'am,

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    if they don't like that, we give less than a damn.

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5. We're from North California and South Alabam',

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    and all they've done is unite this whole land.

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    There's no more Yankees and rebels this time,

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    but one united people that stand behind.

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    America will survive, America will survive !

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    America will surv…………...ive !

    (Hank Williams Jr.)