If your paycheck depends on the weather and the clock
If your conversation calls for a little more than a coffee pot
If you need to pour your heart out and try to rectify some situation that you're facing
Contact your American Honky-Tonk Bar Association

When Uncle Sam dips in your pocket, now for most things you don't mind
But when your dollar goes to all of those standing in a welfare line
Rejoice you have a voice if you're concerned about the destination of this great nation
Contact your American Honky-Tonk Bar Association

WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT YOUR HARD HAT, GUN RACK, ACHIN'-BACK, OVER-TAXED, FLAG-WAVIN', FUN-LOVIN' CROWD
THEIR HEART IS IN THE MUSIC, AND THEY LOVE TO PLAY IT LOUD
THERE'S NO FORMS OR APPLICATIONS, THERE'S NO RED TAPE ADMINISTRATIONS
IT'S THE AMERICAN HONKY-TONK BAR ASSOCIATION

We're all one big family throughout the cities and the towns
We don't reach for handouts: we reach for those who are down
And every local chapter has a seven-day a week available consultation, for your frustration
It's called the American Honky-Tonk Bar Association

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Go join your American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
Do not delay - Contact today
Your AHBA - Your AHBA
Go join your American Honky-Tonk Bar Association


American Life
Madonna
American Life (2003)
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Do I have to change my name?
Will it get me far?
Should I lose some weight?
Am I gonna be a star?

I tried to be a boy,
I tried to be a girl
I tried to be a mess,
I tried to be the best
I guess I did it wrong,
That's why I wrote this song

This type of modern life - Is it for me?
This type of modern life - Is it for free?
So, I went into a bar looking for sympathy
A little company - I tried to find a friend
It's more easily said it's always been the same
This type of modern life -Is not for me?
This type of modern life -Is not for free?

AMERICAN LIFE
I LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM
YOU ARE THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN,
YOU ARE NOT JUST A DREAM

I tried to stay ahead,
I tried to stay on top
I tried to play the part,
But somehow I forgot
Just what I did it for
And why I wanted more
This type of modern life - Is it for me?
This type of modern life - Is it for free?

Do I have to change my name?
Will it get me far?
Should I lose some weight?
Am I gonna be a star?

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I tried to be a boy,
I tried to be a girl,
I tried to be a mess,
I tried to be the best,
I tried to find a friend,
I tried to stay ahead,
I tried to stay on top...

Fuck it...
Do I have to change my name?
Will it get me far?
Should I lose some weight?
Am I gonna be a star?

I'm drinking a soy latte
I get a double shot-ay
It goes right through my body
And you know I'm satisfied,
I drive my Mini Cooper
And I'm feeling super-dooper
Yo they tell I'm a trooper
And you know I'm satisfied
I do yoga and pilates
And the room is full of hotties
So I'm checking out the bodies
And you know I'm satisfied
I'm digging on the isotopes
This metaphysic shit is dope
And if all this can give me hope
You know I'm satisfied
I got a lawyer and a manager
An agent and a chef
Three nannies, an assistant
And a driver and a jet
A trainer and a butler
And a bodyguard or five
A gardener and a stylist
Do you think I'm satisfied?
I'd like to express my extreme point of view
I'm not Christian and I'm not a Jew
I'm just living out the American dream
And I just realized that nothing Is what it seems

Do I have to change my name
Am I gonna be a star
Do I have to change my name
Am I gonna be a star?
Do I have to change my name

American Pie
Madonna
Music Special Addition (2001)
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A long, long time ago
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew that if I had one chance
I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

Did you write the book of love?
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so
Now do you believe in rock ‘n’ roll?
And can music save your mortal soul
And can it teach me how to dance real slow
Well I know that you’re in love with him
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
And I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage buck of luck
With a great carnation and a pick up truck
But I knew that I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singing

BYE, BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND GOOD OLD BOYS WERE DRINKING WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGING, THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE
THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
Well I went down to the sachet store
Where I heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
Well now in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all broken
And the three men I admire the most,
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
I started singing

CHORUS 2X

We started singing 6x

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American Pie
Don McLean
American Pie (1971)
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A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So...

BYE, BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND GOOD OLD BOYS WERE DRINKING WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGING, THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE
THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE

Did you write the book of love?
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin'

CHORUS

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'

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Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
Landed flat on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin'

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Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin'

CHORUS

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most-
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost-
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing

CHORUS 2X

Angels Would Fall
Melissa Etheridge
Breakdown (1999)
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The rope that's wrapped around me is cutting through my skin
And the doubts that have surrounded me are finding their way in
I keep it close to me like a holy man prays
In my desperate hour, it's better that way
So I'll come by and see you again
I'll be such a very good friend
Have mercy on my soul
I will never let you know
Where my mind has been

ANGELS NEVER CAME DOWN
THERE'S NO ONE HERE THEY WANT TO HANG AROUND
BUT IF THEY KNEW, IF THEY KNEW YOU AT ALL
THEN ONE BY ONE, THE ANGELS, ANGELS WOULD FALL

I've crept into your temple, I have slept upon your pew
I've dreamed of the divinity inside and out of you
I want it more than truth, I can taste it on my breath
I would give my life just for a little death
So I'll come by and see you again
I'll be just a very good friend
I will not look upon your face
I will not touch upon your grace
Your ecclesiastic skin

CHORUS

I'll come by and see you again
I'll have to be a very good friend
If I whisper they will know
I'll just turn around and go
You will never know my sin

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There's no one here they want to hang around
But if they knew, if they knew you at all
Then one by one, the angels, angels would fall

Anything but Ordinary
Avril Lavigne
Let Go (2002)
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