American Icon

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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I'm tearing up the 40 like I'm racing Daytona 
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Open road before me, plenty room to throw some dust up 
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Hell, I might as well paint a 3 on my Tacoma 
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Raising hell, praising Dale, and I got no plans to slow up 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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Got a girl in Tennessee wants me to come get her 
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She tastes real sweet when I slow kiss her 
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I tell her that I need you like I'm Lynyrd Skynyrd 
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But I'm a free bird, so I'm leaving for the winter 
 


[Refrão]
 
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'Cause there's places to be, cigarettes to burn 
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People to meet, and dollar bills to earn 
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Banquets to drink, a lover to kiss 
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But you don't get a thing unless you bleed for this 
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So, I'm gonna bleed till there's a hill I can die on 
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'Cause I wanna be an American Icon 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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Five states, two days, Burt Reynolds bandit 
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Two hours of sleep, can't believe I'm still standing 
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Wish I's headed west 'cause I miss my family 
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But I'm eastbound and down, always stuck in transit 
 


[Refrão]
 
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'Cause there's places to be, cigarettes to burn 
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People to meet, and dollar bills to earn 
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Banquets to drink, a lover to kiss 
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But you don't get a thing unless you bleed for this 
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So, I'm gonna bleed till there's a hill I can die on 
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'Cause I wanna be an American Icon 
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American Icon 
 

Interlude 
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Outro 
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'Cause there's places to be, cigarettes to burn 
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People to meet, and dollar bills to earn