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	Current version of Jackson Browne Lyrics For America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jackson-browne/for-america/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Jackson Browne Lyrics For America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jackson-browne/for-america/v1.htm...) Version 1 of the lyrics
	As if I really didn't understand						As if I really didn't understand
1	That I was just another part of their plan						That I was just another part of thir plan	1
	I went off looking for the promise						I went off looking for the promise
	Believing in the Motherland						Believing in the Motherland
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	And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed						And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
	And the safety of my own head						And the safety of my own head
2	I went on speaking of the future						I went out speaking of the future	2
	While other people fought and bled						While other people fought and bled
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	The kid I was when I first left home						The kid I was when I first left home
	Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own						Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
3	But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet						But the freedom that     found wasn't quite as sweet	3
	When the truth was known						When the truth was known
4							I have prayed for America	4
5	I have prayed for America, I was made for America						I                                 was made for America	5
	It's in my blood and in my bones						It's in my blood and in my bones
6	By the dawn's early light, by all I know is right						By the dawn's early light	6
1							By all I know is right	1
	We're going to reap what we have sown						We're going to reap what we have sown
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	As if freedom was a question of might						As if freedom was a question of might
	As if loyalty was black and white						As if loyalty was black and white
7	You hear people say it all the time						You hear people say     all the time--	7
	"My country wrong or right"						"My country wrong or right"
8							I want to know what that't got to do	8
4	I want to know what that's got to do							4
	With what it takes to find out what's true						With what it takes to find out what's true
	With everyone from the President on down						With everyone from the President on down
	Trying to keep it from you						Trying to keep it from you
9							The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms	9
10	The thing I wonder about the dads and moms						Who send their sons to the Vietnams	10
5	Who send their sons to the Vietnam's							5
	Will they really think their way of life						Will they really think their way of life
	Has been protected as the next war comes?						Has been protected as the next war comes?
11							I have prayed for America	11
12	I have prayed for America, I was made for America						I                                 was made for America	12
	Her shining dream plays in my mind						Her shining dream plays in my mind
13	By the rockets red glare, a generation's blank stare						By the rockets' red glare	13
2							A generation's blank stare	2
	We better wake her up this time						We better wake her up this time
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	The kid I was when I first left home						The kid I was when I first left home
	Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own						Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
14	But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet						But the freedom that he found	14
3							wasn't quite as sweet	3
	When the truth was known						When the truth was known
15							I have prayed for America	15
16	I have prayed for America, I was made for America						I                                 was made for America	16
	I can't let go till she comes around						I can't let go till she comes around
17	Until the land of the free, is awake and can see						Until the land of the free	17
	And until her conscience has been found						Is awake and can see
4							Until her conscience has been found	4

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