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[Verse]
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When I was young, I heard my dad say
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"Son, I'm leaving now."
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And he said "Other men do as other men please
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And Aldous is the name with which I leave you."

[Chorus]
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And here I am
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While all around me things become hysterical
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Here I stand
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Beneath the robes of Lady Liberty
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Searching for a father in America
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Searching for a father in America

[Verse]
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I was sixteen
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I took a trip

To Washington, D.C
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Just my mom and me
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Saw the reflecting pool
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And the Capitol
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A guy wanked off at the Vietnam Memorial

[Chorus]
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Here I am
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Staring at a canyon quite deadly
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Here I stand
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Baptised beneath the falls of Niagra
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Searching for a father in America
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Searching for a father in America

[Bridge]
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Number one: George Washington
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Lost his dad when he was one
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Jimmy Carter made himself a son of wood
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But like Pinocchio

He weren't very good
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Lincoln, shot by his son
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In the theater, up his bum
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Nixon he had no son
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Too late, his own son was Watergate
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Ronald Reagan, he got shot
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For Jodie Foster, quite a lot
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Nancy, stupid cow
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He can't remember her no more, yeah

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   America

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When I am old
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I'll find my dad
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They'll recreate his body from my DNA
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And I'll say "Other men do as other men please
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And Aldous is the name with which I grieve."

[Chorus]
     Fm
And now
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Here I am
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Seeking my redemption in this heathen land
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Here I stand
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Amidst the stars and stripes and scientists
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Searching for a father in America
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Searching for a father in America

[Outro]
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I am my own father