Over the Border (To America)

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Graham Parker

Graham Parker (born 18 November 1950, London, England) is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour. more »

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1991

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A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works and a kid kvetches 
I'm ridin' on a road that stretches Over the border to America 
Over the border to America
 
I got nothin' but lonesome time A backyard and a religious shrine 
There must be something better over there 
Over the border to America
 
There's a lot of versions of the honest truth 
One for them and baby one for you 
One for the rich one for the poverty stricken 
One for the healthy and one for the sick and 
One for the tortured and one for the slave 
One they tell you when they put you in your grave
One for the businessman with someone else's money 
One for the beggar with nothing in his belly
 
We got one room to live in wife, child and man 
Not much bigger than an ice cream van 
Sometimes we walk a mile and stand and stare 
Over the border to America
 
I stood and watched as the wall came down 
Heard the freedom bell begin to sound 
Watched the hammer as it hit the ground 
Saw the sickle spinning round and round 
Now don't make us out to be peons or fools 
We're into Zeppelin and Paula Abdul 
Now we're all gonna live in that cultural mecca 

Order everyone a triple decker 
We're gonna buy a thousand pair of nylons
Come and live on Staten Island 
Oh Liberty let me walk in there 
Where law and justice are always fair
There's only one place to get your share 
Over the border to America 
Over the border to America

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