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Yes, in the *new* music world fans like YOU are my record label. Let me know what you think about this one. I have been performing it, but have not decided whether it goes on my next CD. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

I wrote this song a couple of years ago ON July 4. It was like a bird flew in the window! I wrote and played as fast as I could before the bird flew back out the window, if you know what I mean.

I America
© Arlon Bennett

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I was born on independence day July fourth
They signed their lives away So that I might form
a more perfect union

But I’m not perfect I never claimed to be
My architects were men who believed
in life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

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I am a father
I am a mother
I am a neighbor
I’m like no other
I am a wise man
I am a newborn child
Oh, I America

People came in any way they could
on iron ships and dinghy’s made of wood
‘cause they believed in streets paved with gold

But they learned by the hammer and the axe
That what is earned on their broken backs
Is worth more than I could ever give

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I’ve been blessed by the almighty god but I can’t rest
From those who want me shot every day’s a test
whether I will endure

So I leave it up to you to fight the fight
And do all you can do to keep light
in the harbor burning bright

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Co-produced by John Sonntag (www.johnsonntag.com)