Kurt Weill
Finale Ultimo: That’s How You Tell An American
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It isn't that he's black or white
It isn't that he works with tools
It's only that it takes away his appetite
To live by a book of rules
Yes, it's just that he hates and he damns all the features
Of any mortal man set above his fellow creatures
And he'll hate the undertaker when at last he dies
If he hears a note of arrogance above him where he lies
Without the supervision of a governmental plan
And that's an American!