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The Body Of An American by The Pogues

The Cadillac (1)__________ by the house
And the yanks they were within
And the tinker boys they (2)____________ advice
'Hot-wire her with a pin'
When we turned and shook as we had a look
In the room where the dead men lay
So big Jim (3)__________ (4)________ his last trip
To the (5)____________ (6)__________ his father's laid
But fifteen minutes later
We had our (7)__________ taste of whiskey
There was (8)____________ giving lectures
On ancient (9)__________ history
The men all started (10)______________ jokes
And the (11)__________ (12)________ 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 York City boys
To Boston and PA
He took them out
With a well-aimed clout
He was (13)__________ heard 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 (14)________ on Tiny Tartanella
And it only went one round
He (15)__________ had no time for reds
For drink or dice or whores
But he never threw a fight
When the fight was right
So they (16)________ him to the war
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' (17)________ to say
With a (18)______________ Joe and Erin go
My love's in Amerikay
The (19)______________ of the rosary
Spanish wine from far away
I'm a (20)________ born man of the USA, yeah!

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

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