JOHN MELLENCAMP - Hotdogs & Hamburgers lyrics

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Drivin´ down a dry summer´s day<br>Old route 66 and I was just a kid<br>Met a pretty little indian girl<br>Along the way<br>Get her into my car<br>And tried to give her a kiss<br>I´ll give you beads and wampum<br>Whatever it takes, girl<br>To make you trade.<br>She jumped into the back seat<br>And she kinda flipped her lid<br>She said, you´re trying to get<br>Somethin´ for nothin´<br>like the pilgrims in the olden days<br><br>We rode for a while<br>Till the sun went away<br>And I realized it was a sort of an honor<br>Bein´around this girl<br>I felt embarassed<br>Of what I tried to do earlier that day<br>She was the saddest girl, I ever knew<br>She told me stories about the indian nations<br>And how the white man stole their lives away<br>And although she kinda liked me<br>She could never tust me<br>And when the sun comes up<br>We´d go our different ways<br><br>Chorus:<br>Now everybody has got the choice<br>Between hotdogs and hamburgers<br>Every one of us has got to choose<br>Between right and wrong<br>And givin´ up or holdin´ on<br><br>So I dropped her off<br>At some railroad crossing in texas<br>An old indian man was waiting there<br>He smiled and thanked me<br>But he saw right through me<br>I could tell, he didn´t like me<br>For my kind, he didn´t care<br>Because to him, I was the white man<br>The one who sold him something<br>That he already owned<br>And it was like he´d been ridin´ in the<br>Car right there with us<br>And I felt ashamed of my actions<br>And the way the west was really won<br>So I drove down the highway<br>Till I came to los angeles<br>To the town of the angels<br>The best, this country can do<br>I got down on my knees<br>And I ask for forgiveness<br>I said, lord, forgive us<br>For we know not, what we do<br><br>Chorus:<br>Now everybody has got the choice<br>Between hotdogs and hamburgers<br>Every one of us has got to choose<br>Between right and wrong<br>And givin´ up or holdin´ on