America is a big country 

America is a big idea 

I once got a fortune cookie that said

America is a place where people can invent themselves 

So when I found myself making out with two girls at once at the Linkin Memorial in Washington, DC 

I knew what that fortune cookie said had been 

Beautiful, strange and true 



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Wake up to America, up to America 

Feel your broken heart 

Beaten' like a drum 

Wake up to America, up to America 

Even in the dark 

Shine for everyone 



America, I've been reading your history 

And alot of it sounds like Empire building 

America the world needs a foreign policy of compassion 

I still believe that somewhere underneath all this mess

America's a good country 

Coz' I guess I believe that people in their hearts are esentially good 

They just get greedy and they get scared 



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America it must get so lonley being you sometimes 

Up all night, no one to share the long drives with 

Don't worry we won't let you fall asleep at the wheel 



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Wake up to America, up to America 

Up to America 

Up to America 

Up to America 

Up to America 

America

Wake up to America, up to America