Dave Smallen - America lyrics

rate me

Well I've seen this whole country

All the lonely spots, the highway stops.

And nothing really changes

But the weather and the way people talk.

Yeah, I've seen America.

And from the ghettos to the hills

And to the suburbs the same sorrows fall

It's all stomachaches and coughing

Cigarettes and death and telephone calls

You forgot to lock the door, America.

Yeah I've seen you undressed.

Is it true what they told me, America?

'Cause you were stunning in the flesh.

Well I was walking through a casino in Las Vegas

I saw a plastic Statue of Liberty

Posed like Marilyn Monroe

Completely absent of that silent iron dignity

Oh, goddamn it, America.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Is it true what they taught me, America?

Oh did your guns once make us proud?

Oh please don't fuck this up, America.

Oh you're not thinking of your health.

You're gettin greedy now, America.

Are you being true to yourself,

Or to anybody else?

Oooh, oooh, oooooh, oh

Oooh, oooh, ooooooooh

Well I woke up in Manhattan

I guess I got so drunk I slept in my car

And in those deep and desperate moments they say

Get the most clarity, I was a prophet

I saw from so far

Oh we're hungover, America.

We need a shave, I need coffee.

But I should thank you, America.

'Cause I did not build this city.

C'mon, give me something to die for, America!

Until then, don't bother me.

I wanna believe in you, America.

I don't give a fuck if you believe in me.

I wanna say "I love you, America!"

For all the things you've granted me.

But I'm ashamed of you, America.

How you convinced me we were free.

And I, well I take that personally!

Oooh, oooh, oooooh, oh

Oooh, oooh, oooooooooooh