American Music Over The Years

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American Music Over The Years

• By Brooke

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Okie from Muskogee"

• We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee,We don't
  take our trips on LSDWe don't burn our draft
  cards down on Main Street,We like livin' right
  and bein' free.We don't make a party out of
  lovin',We like holdin' hands and pitchin'
  wooWe don't let our hair grow long and
  shaggy,Like the hippies out in San Francisco
  do.I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,A
  place where even squares can have a ballWe
  still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,And
  white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
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This gave what they called hoppie-haters way to
call out the hoppies!  
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I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

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And it's one two threeWhat are we fighting
forDon't ask me, I don't give a damnNext stop
is VietnamAnd it's five six sevenOpen up the
Pearly GatesThere ain't no time to wonder
whyWhoopie--we're all gonna die.
This song is about Vietnam. The guy who this
wasnt for the war as you can tell in the lyrics.
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Dancing Queen

• Friday night and the lights are low
  looking out for the place to go where they play
  the right music, getting in the swing you come
  in to look for a king anybody could be that guy
  night is young and the music's high with a bit
  of rock music, everything is fine you're in the
  mood for a dance and when you get the chance
  Chorus you are the dancing queen, young and
  sweet, only seventeen dancing queen, feel the
  beat from the tambourine oh yeah you can dance,
  you can jive, having the time of your life see
  that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing
  queen you're a teaser, you turn 'em on leave
  them burning and then you're gone looking out
  for another, anyone will do you're in the mood
  for a dance and when you get the chance Chorus
  you are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only
  seventeen dancing queen, feel the beat from the
  tambourine you can dance, you can jive, having
  the time of your life see that girl, watch that
  scene, dig in the dancing queen dig in the
  dancing queen dig in the dancing queen dig in
  the dancing queen

Dancing Queen is a disco type of song that is
about a girl who is looking for a place to go out
and fun. This is a really go song and it has a
fun beat!
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Of Thee I Sing

• WINTERGREENFrom the Island of Manhattan to the
  Coast of Gold,From North to South, from East to
  West,You are the love I love the best.You're
  the dream girl of the sweetest story ever toldA
  dream I've sought both night and dayFor years
  through all the U.S.A.The star I've hitched my
  wagon toIs very obviously you.Of thee I sing,
  baby-Summer, autumn, winter, spring,
  baby.You're my silver lining, You're my sky of
  blueThere's a love light shiningAll because of
  you.Of thee I sing baby-You have got that
  certain thing, baby!Shining star and
  inspiration, Worthy of a mighty nation-Of thee
  I sing!MARYOf thee I sing, baby,Summer,
  autumn, winter, spring, baby.You're my silver
  lining, You're my sky of blue.There's a love
  light shiningJust because of you!

• ALLAll because of you!Of thee I sing,
  babyYou have got that certain thing,
  baby!WINTERGREENShining star and
  inspiration,Worthy of a mighty nation-Of thee I
  sing!ALLFACING FRONTOf thee I sing,
  baby,Summer, autumn, winter, spring,
  baby!Shining star and inspiration,Worthy of a
  mighty nation -Of thee I sing!
• Of Thee I Sing tell about beauty of America. This
  is the song they sing before any kind of game.

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9 to 5

• Jump on outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen
  Pour myself a cup of ambition And yawn and
  stretch and try to come to life Jump in the
  shower and the blood starts pumpin' Out on the
  street the traffic starts jumpin' With folks like
  me on the job from 9 to 5 Workin' 9 to 5, what a
  way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all
  takin' and no givin' They just use your mind and
  they never give you credit It's enough to drive
  you crazy if you let it 9 to 5, for service and
  devotion You would think that I would deserve a
  fat promotion Want to move ahead but the boss
  won't seem to let me I swear sometimes that man
  is out to get me! They let you dream just to
  watch 'em shatter You're just a step on the
  boss-man's ladder But you got dreams he'll never
  take away You're in the same boat with a lotta
  your friends Waitin' for the day your ship'll
  come in 'n' the tide's gonna turn and it's all
  gonna roll your way Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to
  make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin'
  and no givin' They just use your mind and you
  never get the credit It's enough to drive you
  crazy if you let it 9 to 5, yeah they got you
  where they want you There's a better life, and
  you dream about it, don't you? It's a rich man's
  game no matter what they call it And you spend
  your life puttin' money in his wallet 9 to 5,
  whoa what a way to make a livin' 'stead-a gettin'
  by, it's all takin' and no givin' They just use
  your mind and they never give you credit It's
  enough to drive you crazy if you let it 9 to 5,
  yeah they done got you where they want you FADE
  There's a better life, and you dream about it,
  don't you? It's a rich man's game no matter what
  they call it

• This song about a normal day that must American
  people go throw Monday-Friday.

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Another One Bites The Dust

• Let's goSteve walks warily down the
  street With the brim pulled way down low Ain't
  no sound but the sound of his feetMachine guns
  ready to go Are you ready Are you ready for
  this Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
  Out of the doorway the bullets rip To the sound
  of the beat, yeeeeah Another one bites the dust
  Another one bites the dust And another one gone
  And another one gone Another one bites the
  dust, hey Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another
  one bites the dust How do you think I'm going
  to get alongWithout you, when you're gone You
  took me for everything that I hadAnd kicked me
  out on my own Are you happy, are you satisfied
  How long can you stand the heat Out of the
  doorway the bullets rip To the sound of the beat

• Another one bites the dust Another one bites
  the dust Another one bites the dust, hey, hey
  Another one bites the dust, heeeeeey There are
  plenty of ways you can hurt a man And bring him
  to the ground You can beat him You can cheat
  him you can treat him bad and leave him When
  he's down, yeahBut I'm ready, yes I'm ready for
  you I'm standing on my own two feet Out of the
  doorway the bullets rip Repeating the sound of
  the beat Oooooh, yeahAnother one bites the
  dust Another one bites the dust And another one
  gone And another one gone Another one bites the
  dust, hey Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another
  one bites the dust
• I think that this song tells about how people
  are trying to out do one another because they
  basically want to see the other one fall on
  his/hers face.

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Barbie Girl

• Hi, BarbieHi, KenDo you wanna go for
  a rideSure Ken, jump in
• I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie worldLife in
  plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my
  hairUndress me everywhereImagination, life is
  your creation
• Come on, Barbie, let's go party
• I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in
  plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my
  hairUndress me everywhereImagination, life is
  your creation
• I'm a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy worldDress
  me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
• You're my doll, rock 'n rollFeel the glamour in
  pinkKiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky
• You can touch, you can playIf you say, I'm
  always yours
• I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in
  plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my
  hairUndress me everywhereImagination, life is
  your creation
• Come on Barbie, let's go partyCome on Barbie,
  let's go party(Ah, ah, ah, yeah)Come on Barbie,
  let's go party(Ooh-whoo-ooh, ooh-whoo-ooh) (Ah,
  ah, ah, yeah)Come on Barbie, let's go
  party(Ooh-whoo-ooh, ooh-whoo-ooh)
• Make me walk, make me talkDo whatever you
  pleaseI can act like a star I can beg on my
  knees

• Come jump in, bimbo friend Let us do it
  againHit the town, fool around Let's go party
• You can touch, you can playIf you say, I'm
  always yoursYou can touch, you can play If you
  say, I'm always yours
• Come on Barbie, let's go party(Ah, ah, ah,
  yeah)Come on Barbie, let's go party(Ooh-whoo-ooh
  , ooh-whoo-ooh)Come on Barbie, let's go
  party(Ah, ah, ah, yeah)Come on Barbie, let's go
  party(Ooh-whoo-ooh, ooh-whoo-ooh)
• I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in
  plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my
  hairUndress me everywhereImagination, life is
  your creation
• I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in
  plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my
  hairUndress me everywhereImagination, life is
  your creation
• Come on Barbie, let's go party(Ah, ah, ah,
  yeah)Come on Barbie, let's go party(Ooh-whoo-ooh
  , ooh-whoo-ooh)Come on Barbie, let's go
  party(Ah, ah, ah, yeah)Come on Barbie, let's go
  party(Ooh-whoo-ooh, ooh-whoo-ooh)
• Oh, I'm having so much funWell, Barbie, we are
  just getting startedOh, I love you Ken

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Barbie Girl

• I think Barbie Girl is so funny!
• Barbie is like the ideal girl some people
  think thats what every girl should like. But its
  not no one is the same. Some girls wish they were
  Barbie because got everything. But nobody should
  have everything the you dont learn the worth of
  things.

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Only in America

• Sun comin' up over New York CitySchool bus
  driver in a traffic jamStarin' at the faces in
  her rearview mirror Lookin' at the promise of
  the Promised Land One kid dreams of fame and
  fortuneOne kid helps pay the rentOne could end
  up goin' to prisonOne just might be
  presidentOnly in AmericaDreaming in red, white
  and blueOnly in AmericaWhere we dream as big as
  we want toWe all get a chanceEverybody gets to
  danceOnly in AmericaSun goin' down on an LA
  freewayNewlyweds in the back of a limousineA
  welder's son and a banker's daughterAll they
  want is everythingShe came out here to be an
  actressHe was the singer in a bandThey just
  might go back to OklahomaAnd talk about the
  stars they could have been
• Only in AmericaDreamin' in red, white and
  blueOnly in AmericaWhere we dream as big as we
  want toWe all get a chanceEverybody gets to
  danceOnly in America---- Instrumental
  Interlude ----Only in AmericaWhere we dream in
  red, white and blueOnly in AmericaWhere we
  dream as big as we want toWe all get a
  chanceEverybody gets to danceOnly in
  AmericaYeah, only in America (only in
  America)Where we dream in red, white and
  blueYeah, we dream as big as we want to(Only in
  America)America (only in America)

• Only in America is a song that say if you dream
  it that you have a chance to make it come true.

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Mosh

• kids i pledge allgience to the flag of the
  united states of americaand the to the republic
  Marshall People!!This is it. It feels so good
  to be backMosh with me nowYou scrutinize every
  word, memorize every lineI spit it once, refuel,
  re-energize and rewindI give sight to the blind,
  my insight's through the mindI exercise my right
  to express when I feel it's timeIt's just all in
  your mind - what you interpret it asI say to
  fight, you take it as I'ma whip someones assIf
  you dont understand, dont even bother to askA
  father who has grown up with a father-less
  pastWho has blown up now to rap phenomenonThat
  has, or at least shows, no difficulty
  multi-taskin' and juggling bothPerhaps
  mastered-his-craft slash entrepreneurWho has
  helped launch a few more rap actsWhos had a few
  obstacles thrown his wayThrough the last half of
  his careerTypical manure, moving past
  thatMister kiss-his-ass-crack, hes a
  class-actRubber-band man, yeah, he just snaps
  backChorusCome along, follow me, as I lead
  through the darknessAs I provide just enough
  spark that we need to proceedCarry on, give me
  hope, give me strengthCome with me, and I wont
  steer you wrongPut your faith in your trust, as
  I guide us through the fogTo the light at the
  end of the tunnel we gon fightWe gon charge,
  we gon stompWe gon march through the swampWe
  gon marsh through the moshTake us right through
  the doors
• All the people up top, on the side and the
  middleCome together, let's all form this stomp
  just a little

• Just let it gradually build, from the front to
  the backAll you can see is a sea of people, some
  white and some blackNo matter what color, all
  that matters we're gathered togetherTo celebrate
  for the same cause, no matter the weatherIf it
  rains, let it rainYeah, the wetter the
  betterThey aint gon stop us, they can'tWe're
  stronger now, more then everThey tell us "No",
  we say "Yeah"They tell us "Stop", we say
  "Go"Rebel with a rebel yellRaise hell we gon
  let em knowStomp, push, shove, mush Fuck
  BushUntil they bring our troops home, c'mon,
  just..ChorusCome along, follow me as I lead
  through the darknessAs I provide just enough
  spark that we need to proceedCarry on, give me
  hope, give me strengthCome with me, and I wont
  steer you wrongPut your faith in your trust, as
  I guide us through the fogTo the light at the
  end of the tunnel we gon fightWe gon charge,
  we gon stompWe gon' march through the swampWe
  gon' marsh through the moshTake us right through
  the doorsCome on..

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Mosh

• Verse 3Imagine it pourin, it's rainin down on
  usMosh pits outside the oval officeSomeones
  tryin to tell us somethingMaybe this is God just
  sayin' we're responsibleFor this monster this
  coward that we have empoweredThis is Bin
  LadenLook at his head noddinHow could we allow
  something like this without pumpin' our
  fistsNow, this is our final hourLet me be the
  voice, and your strength and your choiceLet me
  simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noiseTry
  to amplify it, times it, and multiply it by
  sixTen Million People are equal at this high
  pitchMaybe we can reach Al Qaeda through my
  speechLet the president answer a high
  anarchyStrap him with a AK-47, let him go fight
  his own warLet him impress daddy that wayNo
  more blood for oil, we got our own battles to
  fight on our own soilNo more psychological
  warfare to trick us to thinking that we aint
  loyalIf we dont serve our own country, were
  patronizing a heroLook in his eyes, its all
  liesThe stars and stripes, have been
  swipedWashed out and wiped and replaced with his
  own faceMosh now or dieIf I get sniped tonight,
  youll know whyCuz I told you to fight
• ChorusCome along, follow me as I lead through
  the darknessAs I provide just enough spark that
  we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give
  me strengthCome with me, and I wont steer you
  wrongPut your faith in your trust, as I guide us
  through the fogTo the light at the end of the
  tunnel we gon' fightWe gon' charge, we gon'
  stompWe gon' march through the swampWe gon'
  marsh through the moshTake us right through the
  doorsCome on

• OutroEminem And as we proceed to mosh
  through this desert storm.. in these closing
  statements, if they should argue, let us beg to
  differ.. as we set aside our differences, and
  assemble our own army to disarm this weapon of
  mass destruction that we call our president for
  the present.. and mosh for the future of our next
  generation.. to speak and be heard.. Mr
  President.. Mr Senator..
• Come along, follow me as I lead through the
  darknessAs I provide just enough spark that we
  need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me
  strengthCome with me, and I wont steer you
  wrongPut your faith in your trust, as I guide us
  through the fogTo the light at the end of the
  tunnel we gon' fightWe gon' charge, we gon'
  stompWe gon' march through the swampWe gon'
  marsh through the moshTake us right through the
  doorsCome onOutroEminem And as we proceed
  to mosh through this desert storm.. in these
  closing statements, if they should argue, let us
  beg to differ.. as we set aside our differences,
  and assemble our own army to disarm this weapon
  of mass destruction that we call our president
  for the present.. and mosh for the future of our
  next generation.. to speak and be heard.. Mr
  President.. Mr Senator..
• Mosh is a rap song that talks about the
  soldiers but he doesnt think that we should but
  at war. He doesnt think the same as Bush does
  and he isn't a feared to let people know.

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American Soldier

• I'm just trying to be a father,Raise a daughter
  and a son,Be a lover to their mother,Everything
  to everyone.Up and at 'em bright and early,I'm
  all business in my suit,Yeah, I'm dressed for
  success from my head down to my boots,I don't do
  it for money, there's still bills that I can't
  pay,I don't do it for the glory, I just do it
  anyway,Providing for our future's my
  responsibility,Yeah I'm real good under
  pressure, being all that I can be,And I can't
  call in sick on Mondays when the weekends been to
  strong,I just work straight through the
  holidays,And sometimes all night long.You can
  bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at
  the door,Hey, I'm solid, hey I'm steady, hey I'm
  true down to the core,And I will always do my
  duty, no matter what the price,I've counted up
  the cost, I know the sacrafice,Oh, and I don't
  want to die for you,But if dyin's asked of
  me,I'll bear that cross with an honor,'Cause
  freedom don't come free.I'm an american soldier,
  an american,Beside my brothers and my sisters I
  will proudly take a stand,When liberty's in
  jeopardy I will always do what's right,I'm out
  here on the front lines, sleep in peace
  tonight.American soldier, I'm an American,An
  American,An American Soldier

• The song American Soldier come out after 9-11
  which was a hard time for our country. This song
  gives you a little bit of an idea of what a
  soldiers life is like.