Bicentennial - Loudon Wainwright III

Gonna have an anniversary

Gonna be a bicentennial

Hey, Americas having a birthday

Be two-hundred years old

Isn’t that wonderful?

You know it certainly is

Goodness, what a wonderful country

Wow, what a nifty history

Gee, it’s a powerful nation

Been two-hundred years old

Isn’t that wonderful?

You know it certainly is

I relived my country’s history

In a class called social studies

I learned to pledge allegiance

To sing my national anthem

«My country, Tis of Thee»

You know we have our heroes

I mean Washington and Lincoln

Including Audie Murphy

Including old Jack Ruby

Wasn’t Jack wonderful?

Oh, you know he certainly was

Lets hear it for Ohio

And the rippling red-wood forests

The Sawmill River Parkway

Oklahoma’s strange panhandle

Aren’t they all wonderful?

Gonna have an anniversary

Gonna be a bicentennial

Hey, Americas having a birthday

Be two-hundred years old

Isn’t that wonderful?

You know it certainly is