I don't need to be
a global citizen
'Cause I'm blessed
by nationality
I'm a member
of a growing populace
We enforced our popularity
There are things that seem
to pull us under and
There are things that
drag us down
But there's a power
and a vital presence
That's lurking all around
We've got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've got the American Jesus
He helped build
the president's estate
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I feel sorry
for the earth's population
'Cause so few live
in the U.S.A
At least the foreigners
can copy our morality
They can visit
but they cannot stay
Only precious few
can garner our prosperity
It makes us walk with
renewed confidence
We've got a place
to go when we die
And the architect
resides right here
We've got the American Jesus
Bolstering their ship of faith
We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day
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He's the farmer barren fields
The force the army wields
The expression in the faces
of the starving millions
The power of the man
He's the fuel that drives
the Klan
He's the motive and the
conscience of the murderer
He's the preacher on TV
The false sincerity
The form letter that's written
by the big computer
He's the nuclear bombs
And the kids with no moms
And I'm fearful
that he's inside me
We've got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've got the American Jesus
Exercising his authority
We've got the American Jesus
Bolstering their ship of faith
We've got the American Jesus
oh let's go
One nation under God
One nation under God
One nation under God
One nation under God
One nation under God
One nation under God
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
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So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there!  A man born