In my earlier note featuring “Born in the U.S.A.” and “America,” I asked readers if they knew of other songs that convey the kind of complicated patriotism their refrains might betray. One reader who delivers via hello@: Next in line has surely got to be “Rockin’ in the Free World” by Neil Young.

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