“We were the kids that made America famous.
The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to dispair.
We were lazy long hairs dropping out, lost confused, and copping out.
Convinced our futures were in doubt and trying not to care.”

— Harry Chapin

What Made America Famous?
Song lyrics, Verities & Balderdash (1974)

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