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The Last Great American Lyrics
Mr. Merry cries in his coffin
For days he says he can remember
And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs
Of a beautiful purple mountain
From every walk of life we've come to see the last great American
May I now present you the speaker,
"Friends he was a man of men, a man of gold:
He had a how do you say, ethical like sense"
That's when the President started to giggle
And the children gave the blessing
Though the service weren't half done
Each of them sued the other one
For the last great American
Merry reaches up, we bow our heads
He pulls the lid on down and his stone is read
Here lies our Merry
The man with the heart so spent
That in this day and age
Is sick of living
And judges argue letters
Fabric comes undone
For every daughter every son
Of the last great American
For every daughter every son
Of the last great American
For days he says he can remember
And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs
Of a beautiful purple mountain
From every walk of life we've come to see the last great American
"Friends he was a man of men, a man of gold:
He had a how do you say, ethical like sense"
That's when the President started to giggle
And the children gave the blessing
Though the service weren't half done
Each of them sued the other one
For the last great American
He pulls the lid on down and his stone is read
Fabric comes undone
For every daughter every son
Of the last great American
Of the last great American
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Great song, this is the original version of it. The song is pretty self explanatory I think. If the Founder Fathers saw what we were putting up with today, they'd be rolling over in their graves.
this song always gets me choked up. it's just so beautiful, and so sad. i mean, he's choosing death, cuz he's just sick of living. it's just a message that this world isn't good enough for some people.
What a meaningful song, and so beautifully crafted. I just love it. Especially right now, I've been thinking so much lately because of recent events about how horrible humanity can be and how it's so sad what kind of a place the world is sometimes. I think this song is, simply put, an eloquent call to everyone to realize what's happening in the world and realize that it's up to us to make it better.
Does this song remind anyone else of "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"? It sounds like a man with good intentions who ran up into a corrupt system and ran himself to death trying to work around it. His death revealed to those others just how wicked they actually were.