51st state  (1986)     (video)

 

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1.    Look out of your windows, watch the skies,

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    read all the instructions with bright blue eyes,

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    we‘re WASP‘s, yeah, proud American sons,

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    we know how to clean our teeth and how to strip down a gun.

 

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‘Cause we‘re the          51st state of  America, yeah !

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We‘re the          51st state of America !

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This is the         51st state of America.

 

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2. Our star spangled Union Jack flutters so proud

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    over the dancing heads of the merry patriotic crowd,

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    yeah, tip your hat to the Yankee conquerors,

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    we‘ve got no Reds under the bed, but guns under our pillows.

 

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‘Cause we‘re the          51st state of  America, yeah !

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We‘re the          51st state of America !

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This is the         51st state of America.

 

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+  Woh ho ho ho  ho ! Woh ho ho ho  ho !

 

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3.     Here in the land of opportunities (ha!),

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    watch us revel in our liberty,

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    Well, you can say what you like, but it doesn‘t change anything,

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    cause the corridors of power, they‘re an ocean away.

 

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‘Cause we‘re the          51st state of  America, yeah !

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We‘re the          51st state of America !

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Ay yay yay, 51st state of America !

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This is the         51st state of America.

 

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+  Woh ho ho ho ho !  (3x)

 

 

    (New Model Army)