[Intro]
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People think its nearly the end of time,
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'Cause we're all together now we 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.
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America will survive.


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We can plow our fields all day long,
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We can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn.
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Yeah, we've 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 home town pride,
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And America can survive.
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America's gonna survive.


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Oh, you can't scare us out, you can't make 'em run,

Women, boys and girls with freedom and fun.
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We say grace, we say ma'am, if they don't like that,
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We don't give a damn.
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We come from the West Virginia coal mines,
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And the Rocky Mountains and the big city skylines.
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And we can hit back and we're gonna be fine,
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'Cause this country can survive.
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America can survive.

 
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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 of the land,
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His taught him to be a good business man.
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Used to send me pictures of the Broadway lights,
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I sent him some of Granddaddy William's 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,
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America will survive.


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Hey, you can't scare us out, you can't make 'em run,
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Women, boys and girls thats got freedom and fun.
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We say grace, we say ma'am, if they don't like that,
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We give less than a damn.
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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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With no more Yankees and Rebels this time,
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But one united people who stand behind,
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America can survive.
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America will survive. 
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America can survive.
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America will survive.