Play It Again Sam Lyrics - Indigo Girls

well we read best selling novels 

so we can talk between the lines 

and we often close our eyes 

just to hide the dollar signs 

and we're suddenly pretentious 

and conform with the stream 

we're born and bred believers 

in the american dream 

and we drink our whiskey straight 

though we do not like the taste 

and we dress in obligations 

with a top hat show of haste 

and we hinder our reactions 

as we measure what we say 

until someone starts to cry 

and the faces turn away again 

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play it again sam 

take it slow and easy 

sing about the land of the brave 

and the home of the free 

and there's a man who will tip you 

better than you've gotten yet 

if you play us a happy song 

and help us forget 

play it again sam 

well we donate to our charities 

to deduct our future taxes 

and we flock to bars for drinking 

though one never quite relaxes 

and we compromise our standards 

if it means we'll get attention 

and the things we need the most to say 

are the things we never mention 

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play it again sam 

take it slow and easy 

sing about the land of the brave 

and the home of the free 

and there's a man who will tip you 

better than you've gotten yet 

if you play us a happy song 

and help us all forget 

play it again sam 

now i know god is up in heaven 

it's hard to keep in mind 

sometimes when you're searching for relief 

and hell is all you find 

and i know that i'm a romantic 

i might seem a fool to say 

i'm know i'm going to see a few hands joined 

before my dying day 

play it again sam 

take it slow and easy 

sing about the land of the brave 

and the home of the free 

and there's a man who will tip you 

better than you've gotten yet 

just play us a happy song 

and help us all forget 

play it again sam 

play it again sam 

play it again sam