That's The Thing About America

Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
 We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs
 And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home
 That gets my dad mad, boiling red
 Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
 Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones
 Who fought and bled and came home dead
 For your right to gripe, left to right
 Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouth
 Grab a plate and bow your heads
 And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...
 That's the thing about America
 You can dream or do or say what you wanna
 You can run it down if you can back it up
 You can burn the flag or be the man
 Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
 If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
 On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
 That's the thing about America
 Now the coffee and the TV's on
 And we're eating the pie handed down
 From my grandma's side from her grandma
 When she arrived back in '25
 She tells us all again
 How her mom came off of that big boat
 With all them folks all skin and bones
 And an angry mob sayin' go back home
 Now the anchorman says they're making plans
 Fencing up the Rio Grande
 Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts Amen
 And granny says hell just let 'em all in
 That's the thing about America
 You can dream or do or say what you wanna
 You can run it down if you can back it up
 You can burn the flag or be the man
 Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
 If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
 On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
 That's the thing about America
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 That's the thing about America
 You can dream or do or say what you wanna
 You can run it down if you can back it up
 You can burn the flag or be the man
 Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
 If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
 On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
 That's the thing about America
 That's the thing about America