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Introduction: G Am G
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19 miles to Baghdad, what have I become?
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New York&rsquo s got snow in April, and I can&rsquo t locate the sun.
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Tie a yellow ribbon around something
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something good has begun.
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Katy holds up the bible:
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"Are you reading this for fun?"
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19 miles to Baghdad,
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soldiers load up your guns, and...
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Tie a yellow ribbon around something
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something good has begun.
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The boy in the middle, he sits down to pray.
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He moves to the window, I can see him as he waves.
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"Hey, Mike! Look out!"
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Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
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I&rsquo m just trying to be brave.
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So, tie a yellow ribbon around something
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something lives beyond the grave.
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The field reveals that something was concealed.
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We make a deal to feel again,
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to ask what is the means onto our end.
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What is the cause that we defend?
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The flag is flying across the country,
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me and the band we play the bars.
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And Glynn, she points out to the highway,
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flags fly the highest where the people buy their cars.
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She says: "19 miles to Baghdad
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I guess we haven&rsquo t come so far."
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Two planes are flying accross the country,
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New York&rsquo s so pretty in the fall.
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"Hey, Mike! Look out!
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Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
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I&rsquo m sure they built them to stand so tall.
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19 miles to Baghdad.
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They fall, and were called... to tie a yellow ribbon around something
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something good has begun.
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Tie a yellow ribbon around something
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what have we become...