Noah Gundersen – America (Guitar)

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I came through the fence in '93

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And I know that they are after me today

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I believe this is the land for me

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Of hope, and grace, and liberty

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Oh, my grandfather, he told me

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Son, you'll never have to run anymore

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Oh, but I broke the law

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Which I will surely die for

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I am on my way

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I have to leave today,

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Tell my wife and boy that I love them

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I gave my son to America

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God, I pray they treat him well

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Well, my daddy left when I was five,

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I do not know if he's alive at all

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And, it's hard with just my mom and me

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But I work to feed my family

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And, I work hard to keep my bitter pay

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That the rich man comes and takes away

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So, I killed him in the dead of night

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With my father's gun

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I took his life away

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I took his life away

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I was on my way

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I have to leave today

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Tell my mom and sister that I love them

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I am on the run

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God, I pray they don't catch me

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Now, I sit here in this dirty cell

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The jailer comes to give me hell

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They have caught me and my racist mind

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I'll surely pay for what I've done

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But, then I look up and I see

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This old man staring at me

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He tells me I remind him of someone

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His own boy he left at the age of 5

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That probably thought his daddy died

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And, how he wished he could tell him

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He would say

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I was on my way, had to leave that day

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Tell my wife and boy that I love them

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I gave my love to America

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God I pray they treat him well,

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Oh, god I pray they treat well

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God, I pray they treat him well.