I Love American Music

I school 'em every chance I get
 If they don't like it they're all wet
 I'm a soft-eyed lover, swing time drummer
 To rhythm I was born and bred
 I've followed where it's led
 I've wallowed and I've bled but
 All it's given is one room livin' and
 Sufferin' appalling debt
 As the years go by
 Yeah, my insight flowers
 When that nightclub saxophone
 Cuts a thousand years of cigar sour
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I need American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I love American music
 Nasty rockin' on an Ozark porch
 My savior rattlin' in a Baptist church
 Field hand hollers, slave ship collars
 I'm carrying my brother's torch
 When the lights go down
 And my scales stop showin'
 I'll smash my fingers down
 On the only truth that's still worth knowin'
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I need American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I love American music
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 When the lights go down
 And my scales stop showin'
 I'll smash my fingers down
 On the only truth that's still worth knowin'
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I need American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I want American music
 Play it, play it again, Sam
 I love American music
 I love American music
 I love American music