That's What's Great About This Country

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That's What's Great About This CountryI was downtown with my fatherand I thought he'd be botheredby marchers protesting Uncle Samcos he useta be a soldierstill has a bad left shoulderfrom taking shrapnel in Vietnamthough he hated getting shotso folks could shoot off their mouthshe told one punk with a mohawk"kid, that's what liberty's aboutthat's what's great about this countryev'rybody gets their saythere's no one way to live or thinkthat's the American waysome say crystal fountains and majestic mountainsmake it a garden of Edenbut open your eyes...what makes it paradiseis the freedomthat's what's great about this countrythis life is full of searchesand some men's fav'rite church isa chair pointed west at sunsetcos this country's about choicesbut ev'ry one a man enjoys isthere because of a vetit takes some longer to see the lightthat was there all alongso as long as one soldier fightsyou'll have the right to be wrongthat's what's great about this countryev'rybody gets their saythere's no one way to live or thinkthat's the American waysome say southern rivers that flow on forevermake it a garden of Edenbut open your eyes...what makes it paradiseis the freedomthat's what's great about this countrywe've got Harleys n Hondascheeseburgers n chimichangasand she useta be a hot chicksaw her nude in one of two flicksbut I don't hafta like Jane Fondathat's what's great about this countryev'rybody gets their saythere's no one way to live or thinkthat's the American waysome say golden poppies and eagles in the Rockiesmake it a garden of Edenbut open your eyes...what makes it paradiseis the freedomthat's what's great about this country"(c)2005 Robert George