| When I first came to Manhattan
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| I was not surprised
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| The stories people had told me
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| Turned out to ea no lies
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| All the different people
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| From all over the world they’re living
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| A magic fills the air
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| There’s music everywhere
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| When I first heard funky music
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| It just blew my mind
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| The funky music was so good
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| I’d play it all the time
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| All the funky rhythms
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| Going all through my mind and body
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| They make me have to move
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| You can’t escape the groove
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| Everywhere funky music fills the air
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| You can go to the disco
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| And you’ll find it there
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| Funky music is music
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| With so much to share
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I, I love the funky music
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| I, I love the funky music
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| I, I love the funky music
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| Funky, the funky, the funky music
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| Funky, the funky, the funky music
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| Funky, the funky, the funky music
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| When I first learned how to latin
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| I had so much fun
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| The salsa sound was so different
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| Than any sound around
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| The demanding music
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| From the people of Puerto Rico
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| I love to watch them play
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| Their music is so great
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| If you go out any night of the week
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| You can hear salsa music
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| The strong latin beat
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| Sets the mood of people
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| Who dance fast on their feet
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| La, la, la, la — salsa music
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| La, la, la, la — salsa music
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| La, la, la, la — salsa music
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| Then I went down in the country
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| Down in old Nashville
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| The people there were so friendly
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| I have good memories still
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| Of the wonderful times
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| That I spent in Nashville just dancing
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| To country-western sounds
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| The language they all found
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| Country-western music is full of life
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| When you hear the guitars strumming
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| Both day and night
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| Rock and roll is the soul
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| Of America’s pride
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| Rock and roll America, rock and roll
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| What I say
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| What I say
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| What I say
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| I love America
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| Then, I went to California
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| To a life of ease
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| The people there are so mellow
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| I never like to leave
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| And the music they play
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| Is so funky, but oh so mellow
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| Without that East Coast drive
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| The music is alive
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| Music is something they play every day
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| Bands on their West Coast
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| Get down with sounds of LA.
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| And the music in 'Frisco
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| Makes me have to say
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| I love America
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| I love America
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| I love, I love, I love America (etc)
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| Music, funky music
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| Salsa music, so demanding
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| Nashville, rock and roll, yeah
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| Hollywood, it’s so good |