Lyric Proud To Be An American

(Spooner)

I m proud
to be an American
I m proud
of the groovy things we ve done
There s television, free religion, Rock n roll, Standard Oil,
Times Square, Jimmy Darren, Corey Wells, and Smokey Bear,
price reduction, reconstruction, Peace Corps, and lots more
Culture that we got to lend

I m proud
to be an American
And I m proud
Had a great time bein one
There s your school and my school and both of us in high school,
surfboards, cigarettes, homework, Southern Comfort
Boy s dean was real mean,
Made us keep our locker s clean
Failed nearly every class
Ditchin was a gas

I m proud
to be a young American
I m proud, just think about it
All the far out things that we ve begun
There s revolution, constitution, land, sea, and air pollution,
cold wars, hot wars, gas wars, and confrontutions,
constipation, consternation, open hearted palpatations
Muscular Dystrophy

I m proud to be an American
Because we got department stores
full of cheap guitars
But when Sputnik plays em, you just go go go go

I m proud to be an American--we got two chickens in every garage
And I wish every other kid could be one--in my country,
the medium is the massage
Cause it s impossible to give
Equality and justice to inferior foreigners
too jealous to trust us

Gimme your weak and your homeless
How bout checkin the oil ah, fella?

I m proud to be an American