(Spooner)



I'm proud

to be an American

I'm proud

of the groovy things we've done

There's television, free religion, Rock 'n' roll, Standard Oil,

Times Square, Jimmy Darren, Corey Wells, and Smokey Bear,

price reduction, reconstruction, Peace Corps, and lots more

Culture that we got to lend



I'm proud

to be an American

And I'm proud

Had a great time bein' one

There's your school and my school and both of us in high school,

surfboards, cigarettes, homework, Southern Comfort

Boy's dean was real mean,

Made us keep our locker's clean

Failed nearly every class

Ditchin' was a gas



I'm proud

to be a young American

I'm proud, just think about it

All the far out things that we've begun

There's revolution, constitution, land, sea, and air pollution,

cold wars, hot wars, gas wars, and confrontutions,

constipation, consternation, open hearted palpatations

Muscular Dystrophy



I'm proud to be an American

Because we got department stores

full of cheap guitars

But when Sputnik plays 'em, you just go go go go



I'm proud to be an American--we got two chickens in every garage

And I wish every other kid could be one--in my country,

the medium is the massage

'Cause it's impossible to give

Equality and justice to inferior foreigners

too jealous to trust us



Gimme your weak and your homeless

How 'bout checkin' the oil ah, fella?



I'm proud to be an American