Americana

I've traveled all around this country
 In my time I thought I'd seen it all
 But today I took a detour down a back road
 Through a little town whose name I can't recall.
 There were old men on benches playing checkers
 Children playing hop scotch on the square
 And high above a statue of an unknown soldier
 Old glory was waving in the air
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 Suddenly I realized what I'd too long forgotten
 Chill rose up like mountains on my skin
 Overcome with a feeling
 I knew I was seeing
 America all over again
 .
 Chorus:
 Americana
 Picture of a people proud and free
 Americana
 And I'll keep holding to the dream
 You're still what living means to me.
 I knew the stop would throw me off my schedule
 But I parked around behind the Five and Dime
 There's something about a small town in the Summer
 Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time.
 Kids were courting at the Rexall soda fountain
 Like we did before they built the shopping mall
 I saw so many reasons why I love this country
 You know some things never really change at all.
 As I left the two-lane road
 And pulled back on that super high way
 I thought of what I'd seen back in that town
 And it hit me like a freight train
 That a stone's throw from the fast lane.
 America is still safe and sound...