Lyrics:
Worked all his life in the rail yards
Summer heat, winter cold
He sits by the fire, this year he'll retire
He don't really feel all that old
Welcome all you children, give a listen to me
Let me tell you about a new boogie beat
There's no hesitation, and it's sweepin' the nation
It's
needed a big, old house with a million dollar view
But baby, since we fell in love, all I needed is you
Waking up (waking up) to my American dream
She's
'Cause everybody needs to be loved
And I'm no exception, I was born to reject rejection
If only for today
Show me that you want me
Show me that you
of the future rob our names
Kept my history of mystery but now I see
The American Dream wasn't meant for me
Cause lady liberty is a hypocrite she lied to me
for all you Joe's, here goes my American handstand
Because I'm on, because I'm on the American bandstand
As we dance real slow, I'm showin' the guys
I still think about the way it was
When you could still speak your mind
Back when Uncle Sam put a gun in your hand
And he laid it all on the line
Words and music by Arlo Guthrie
Living now here but for fortune
Placed by fate's mysterious schemes
Who'd believe that we're the ones asked
To try
American, you know, you gotta take out the word 'Afro'
Now they've relaxed I hear they might as well call us Toby
See, Afro and black are African, while
making plays for me
As soon as I touch down in, old L.A., he said...
"Oh my god, you look just like Shakira
No no, you're Catherine Zeta"
Actually, my
home
We've been taught to say our name, Afro-American, all the same
Not fully American but gettin' there very slowly
Cause to fully be American, you
Knockin' me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there
'Cause
Welcome all you children, give a listen to me
Let me tell you about a new boogie beat
There's no hesitation, and it's sweepin' the nation
It's
(I wanna listen to Green Day)
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
reiterate
When you're gifted
Then you're gifted
These are facts, I have no axe to grind
Hey, what are they blind
In all of the world so far
I
Freedom, freedom
That's my song for today
Listen to this American troubadour from the U.S.A.
I'm singing a song of freedom
For all people who
'Cause boy, I know just what you like
So If you need it, I got it, I got it everyday
Be your lover, your friend, you'll find it all in me
Stay by your
do that again
Tonight I dare you to dream
Go on, believe impossible things
Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do
I mean after all
the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful
Something
yourself behind the wheel
And see if you can get that feel, oh,
Move faster by night, yeah,
Move faster by night, uhmm,
The windows were all shattered
need a get rich quick scheme
I'm trying to live the American Dream
(yeah I want it all)
But the odds are against me
(Trying to take over the world)
your Venetian or Roman appreciation
Ideal live girl
Go be a hold out for Helen of Troy
I am a healthy American Boy
And I rather gape at the dear
on cat tranquilizer
Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liars
Vote for who now? You're red, white and blue?
I'm American too, but I
shoot you in the back fair game
Drug abuse, self abuse searching for the next high
Sounds a lot like hell is spreading all the time
I'm waiting for
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