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 It's coming through a hole in the air,

 from those nights in Tiananmen Square.

 It's coming from the feel

that this ain't exactly real,

 or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.

 From the wars against disorder,

 from the sirens night and day,

 from the fires of the homeless,

 from the ashes of the gay:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

 It's coming through a crack in the wall;

 on a visionary flood of alcohol;

 from the staggering account

of the Sermon on the Mount

 which I don't pretend to understand at all.

 It's coming from the silence

 on the dock of the bay,

 from the brave, the bold, the battered

 heart of Chevrolet:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

 It's coming from the sorrow in the street,

 the holy places where the races meet;

 from the homicidal bitchin'

that goes down in every kitchen

 to determine who will serve and who will eat.

 From the wells of disappointment

 where the women kneel to pray

 for the grace of God in the desert here

 and the desert far away:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

 Sail on, sail on

 O mighty Ship of State!

 To the Shores of Need

 Past the Reefs of Greed

 Through the Squalls of Hate

 Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

 It's coming to America first,

 the cradle of the best and of the worst.

 It's here they got the range

and the machinery for change

 and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.

 It's here the family's broken

 and it's here the lonely say

 that the heart has got to open

 in a fundamental way:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

 It's coming from the women and the men.

 O baby, we'll be making love again.

 We'll be going down so deep

the river's going to weep,

 and the mountain's going to shout Amen!

 It's coming like the tidal flood

 beneath the lunar sway,

 imperial, mysterious,

 in amorous array:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

 Sail on, sail on ...

 I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean

 I love the country but I can't stand the scene.

 And I'm neither left or right

I'm just staying home tonight,

 getting lost in that hopeless little screen.

 But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags

 that Time cannot decay,

 I'm junk but I'm still holding up

 this little wild bouquet:

 Democracy is coming to the U.S.A