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	Current version of Mat Kearney Lyrics Girl America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mat-kearney/girl/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Mat Kearney Lyrics Girl America (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mat-kearney/girl/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
	My girl America is just a youth in this world						My girl America is just a youth in this world
	Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls						Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls
	And though her age reads she's just a young girl						And though her age reads she's just a young girl
	The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled						The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled
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	Through the hand that's been dealt though it's quiet as kept						Through the hand that's been dealt though it's quiet as kept
1	The weight was all felt last night when she slept						The weight that she felt last night when she slept	1
	And as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past						And as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past
	Seems to have grown so fast, way beyond her own class						Seems to have grown so fast, way beyond her own class
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	Though they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters						Though they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters
2	A natural born leader even when her peers diss her						A natural born leader even when her peers dis her	2
3	My girl. she's at a crossroads, people praying for her						My girl, she's at a crossroads, people praying for her	3
	Some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama						Some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama
4							Smoking marijuana, longer for a father to call her, 'daughter'	4
3	Smoking Marijuana, longing for a father to call her "daughter"							3
	She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation						She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation
5	And this future that they're facing						And this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting	5
6	And                 this poison that they're tasting						My girl, I know this love you're chasing	6
4	My girl, I know this love that you're chasing							4
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	My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night						My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night
7	I can see that she's screaming						I can see that she's screaming when she's dreaming for her freedom	7
5	When she's dreaming for her freedom							5
	My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight						My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight
	Don't stop believing, my girl America						Don't stop believing, my girl America
	Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door						Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door
8	Telling her that's what she's for, trying to rob     her core						Telling her that's what she's for, trying to rob at her core	8
	Then leave calling her a whore, but still she knows there's more						Then leave calling her a whore, but still she knows there's more
9	I know she knows there's more						I know she knows there's more because there is a voice she can't ignore	9
10	Because there's a voice she can't ignore						'Cause it was founded in the foundations, from the day of her creation	10
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7	'Cause it was founded in the foundations							7
8	From the day of her creation							8
	In God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation						In God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation
	And the void that the boys can't fill						And the void that the boys can't fill
11	With the tipping of the bottle and the popping of the pill						With the tipping of the bottle or the popping of the pill	11
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	But still most of her friends don't care as they glare						But still most of her friends don't care as they glare
	Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel						Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel
12	As they stumble and they tumble breaking down into rubble						They       stumble and they tumble breaking down into rubble	12
13							My girl America, stop can't you see	13
10	My girl America, stop can't you see?							10
	It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be						It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be
14	But how you deal with these problems						But how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way	14
11	And pains that come your way							11
	It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day						It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day
15	So     I say, your deliverance is coming						And so I say, your deliverance is coming	15
16	My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night						[chorus]	16
12	I can see that she's screaming							12
13	When she's dreaming for her freedom							13
14	My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight							14
15	Don't stop believing, my girl America							15
	Faith like a child from your first birth						Faith like a child from your first birth
	You left it in the dirt on your worst hurt						You left it in the dirt on your worst hurt
	And I see each tear and every scar						And I see each tear and every scar
	The hands that have held you where you are						The hands that have held you where you are
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	And I can see we've strayed so far						And I can see we've strayed so far
	A king born under that morning star						A king born under that morning star
17	As a crown of thorns was placed to erase						As a crown of thorns was placed to earase	17
	Each tear that's touched your face						Each tear that's touched your face
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	And his palms and sides were pierced with spears						And his palms and sides were pierced with spears
	He hung in love just to draw you near						He hung in love just to draw you near
18	My girl, out of this        world						My girl, out of this whole world	18
	Can't you see this is where we started?						Can't you see this is where we started?
19	My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night						[chorus]	19
18	I can see that she's screaming							18
19	When she's dreaming for her freedom							19
20	My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight							20
21	Don't stop believing, my girl America							21
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23	My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night							23
24	I can see that she's screaming							24
25	When she's dreaming for her freedom							25
26	My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight							26
27	Don't stop believing, my girl America							27
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29	And his palms and sides were pierced with spears							29
30	He hung in love just to draw you near							30
31	My girl, out of this world							31
32	Can't you see this is where we started?							32
33	Where we started, where we started							33
34	My girl America							34

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