Starsailor – Stars And Stripes (Ukulele)

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Stars and stripes keep you warm at night, keep those evil empires from your door

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Union Jack strapped across your back has lost some of the strength it had before

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Memories of your men can't be ignored

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Land of green becoming so obscene, chance to have a history to tell

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And retail a nation up for sale, selling San Francisco all so well

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Put your bullets down you may as well

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The ground on which it stands ... not owned by any man, ooooh this fragile peace

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So close your weary eyes ... that old dramatic prize,

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it never can be reached ... it never can be ... ooooh tell me that you love me

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Stars and stripes keep you warm at night, keep those evil empires from your door

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And retail a nation up for sale ... families of your men can't be ignored

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Put your bullets down I implore