[Intro]
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[Verse]
 
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Mr. Merry cries in his coffin for days he says he can remember
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And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs
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Of a beautiful and purple mountain
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From every walk of life we've come to see the Last Great American
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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So may I now present you the speaker friend
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He was a man of men, a man of gold
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He had a how do you say ethical like sense
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That's when the President started to giggle
 
 
[Bridge]
 
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Then the children gave the blessing
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Though the service weren't half done
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Each of them sued the other one
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For the last great American
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American
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American
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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Mary reaches up and we bow our heads
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He pulls the lid on down as his stone is read
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Here lies our Merry the man with the heart so spent
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That in this day and age is sick of living
 
 
[Coda]
 
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And judges argue letters
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And fabric comes undone
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For every daughter every son
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Of the Last Great American
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For every daughter every son
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Of the Last Great American