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The Body Of An American by The Pogues

The Cadillac stood by the house
And the yanks they (1)________ within
And the tinker (2)________ they hissed advice
'Hot-wire her with a pin'
When we turned and shook as we had a look
In the (3)________ (4)__________ the dead men lay
So big Jim (5)__________ made his last trip
To the (6)____________ (7)__________ his father's laid
But (8)______________ minutes later
We had our first (9)__________ of whiskey
There was (10)____________ giving lectures
On ancient (11)__________ history
The men all started telling jokes
And the women they got frisky
At five o'clock in the evening
Every bastard there was piskey
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' left to say
Farewell to New (12)________ (13)________ boys
To Boston and PA
He took them out
With a well-aimed clout
He was often (14)__________ to say
I'm a free born man of the USA
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh
And he slashed him to the ground
He (15)________ on Tiny Tartanella
And it only went one round
He (16)__________ had no time for reds
For (17)__________ or dice or whores
But he (18)__________ threw a fight
When the fight was right
So they sent him to the war
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' (19)________ to say
With a (20)______________ Joe and Erin go
My love's in Amerikay
The calling of the rosary
Spanish wine from far away
I'm a free born man of the USA, yeah!

This (21)______________ on the harbou
When I said goodbye to you
I remember how I swore
That I'd come (22)________ to you one day
And as the (23)____________ came to meet
The evening on the hill
I (24)________ you I'd always (25)________ you
I always did and I always will
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' (26)________ to say
Except to say adieu
To your (27)________ as blue
As the water in the bay
To big Jim Dwyer, the man of war
Who was often heard to say
I'm a free born man of the USA
I'm a free born man of the USA
I'm a (28)________ (29)________ man of the USA

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