The House I Live In

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What is A-mer-i-ca  to me?    

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A name, a map, a flag I  see,
 
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A certain word, "De-moc-ra-cy."   

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What is A-mer-i-ca to me?


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The house I live in -- a plot of earth, a street,

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The grocer and the butcher,   all the people that I meet,

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The children in the playground,  the faces that I see;

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All races,  and  religions -- that's A-mer-i-ca to me.


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The place I work in, the worker at my side

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The little town or city where my people lived and died

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The "howdy" and the handshake,  the air of feeling free

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The right to speak my mind out that's A-mer-i-ca to me.

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The things I see about me the big things and the small

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The little corner newsstand and the house a mile tall;

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The wedding and the churchyard, the laughter and the tears,

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The dream that's been a growin' for two-hundred thirty years.*


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The town I live in, the street, the house, the room,

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The pavement of the city, or a garden all in bloom,

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The church, the school, the club house, the million lights I see,

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But especially the people -- that's A-mer-i-ca  to  me.

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Especially the people -- that's A-mt-i-ca  to   me --.