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Lord, give me a child, an American child, born in the land of the free, whose life will
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be long and whose spirit is strong, full of power and dignity
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Lord, give me a child, an American child, who'll always have plenty to eat, whose only concern
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will be how much to learn, and who'll have all the world at his feet
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For the heart is a flutter at meat, eggs, and butter, and a table that groans with delight
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And the heart is amazed at a mind that's unfazed, that is free to choose what it thinks right
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Lord, give me a child, an American child, whose reality will be my dream
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of the unsculted dust of my love and my lust, make a life that my life will redeem
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For the world knows the way to a much brighter day, but it isn't that easy to make it
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If not granted by birth, from the ends of the earth, we will crawl on our bellies to take it
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Lord, give me a child. An American child, safe behind mountains of laws
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In the fullness of time, this joy will be mine, and the glory, the glory all yours
