Five for Fighting – The Last Great American (Guitar)

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Mr. Merry cries in his coffin for days he says he can remember

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And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs

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Of a beautiful and purple mountain

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From every walk of life we've come to see the Last Great American

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So may I now present you the speaker friend

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He was a man of men, a man of gold

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He had a how do you say ethical like sense

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That's when the President started to giggle

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Then the children gave the blessing

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Though the service weren't half done

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Each of them sued the other one

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For the last great American

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American

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American

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Mary reaches up and we bow our heads

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He pulls the lid on down as his stone is read

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Here lies our Merry the man with the heart so spent

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That in this day and age is sick of living

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And judges argue letters

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And fabric comes undone

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For every daughter every son

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Of the Last Great American

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For every daughter every son

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Of the Last Great American