The Last Great American Lyrics by Five For Fighting

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 and 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
    Then the children gave the blessing
    Though the service weren't half done
    Each of them sued the other one
    For the last great American

    Mr. Reaches up and we bow our heads
    He pulls the lid on down as 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

    Then the funeral pyre was shattered
    And the world became undone
    The mourners raised their heads up
    As the crowd began to run
    Then everybody stopped...

    ...to the beating of a drum.

    For through the smoke and morning sun
    Stands the Last Great American

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