"It's a Swell Country" is a song from the 1975 TV adaptation of the 1966 Broadway musical It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman. It features a group of mobsters praising the United States and plotting to kill Superman.
The song was performed by Malachi Throne, Harvey Lembeck, Al Morino, and Lou Wills Jr., and a chorus.
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It's a swell country
Land of opportunity
It's a swell country
For hoods like you and me
Our nation's founding fathers
I really love those guys
Cuz they're the guys what came up
With free enterprise
It's a rich country
Full of all them trusting souls
It's a swell country
Without no gun control
It's a swell country
Every man is on his own
You can reach greatness
Just look at Al Capone
Our lawyers are terrific
They know just what to try
Our politicians are the best that you can buy
If the feds grab you
You can always cop a plea
It's a swell country
From sea to shining sea
It's a free country
You can travel far and wide
It's a big country
With lots of spots to hide
That poor lad with ambition
Who's working night and day
He's gonna climb that ladder
And Control L.A.
It's the best country
Where a crook can get ahead
It will be better
When Superman is dead
Dead dead dead deed
Dead dead dead
Dead dead dead dead
Dead dead dead dead
Dead dead dead dead
It's a free country
And we mean to keep it free
Free for hijackers
And graft and larceny
We really love this country
With all its trusting souls
It's a swell country
Without no gun control
It's the best country
Where a crook can get ahead
It will be better
When Superman is dead
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