“America’s Not the World”

By Natália Guerreiro
 “America’s not the world”
You’ll hear a song with that sentence as
a title.

1.What do you think it’s about?

2. What words do you expect to hear in
the song?
3.Do you think an American wrote it?
Why (not)?
 Sing along
using the
lyrics and
the pictures
to help you.
America your is too big,

Because, America,
Your ______'s
too big
And I love you,
I just wish you'd
stay where you is
In America, the land of the free,
they said,
And of opportunity, in a just and a
truthful way

But where the

is never black, female
or gay, And until that day
You've got nothing to say to me,
To help me believe
In America
It brought you the
Well, America,
You know where
you can shove your
And don't you wonder
why in Estonia
they say,
Hey you, big fat
You fat pig, you fat
Steely blue eyes with no love in them,
Scan the world,
And a humourless
With no warmth within,
Greets the world
And I, I have got nothing to offer you
No-no-no-no-no
Just this heart deep and true,
Which you say you don't need
See with your eyes,

Touch with your hand,

please,

Hear through your

Know in your soul, please
For haven't you me with you now?
And I love you, I love you
 Discuss in groups.
• “The land of the free” is how the American national
anthem refers to the country. Does Morrissey agree
with that?
• “America brought you the hamburger. Well,
America, you know where you can shove your
hamburger”. What does the hamburger stand for?
How does the songwriter feel about it?
• “where the president is never black, female or gay”
The singer was probably very surprised with
Obama’s election. Were you? Why (not)?
• “Steely blue eyes (...) humourless smile.”
According to the songwriter, what kind of
person would the USA be?
• If Brazil were a person, what would it be
like?
• Do you ever refer to the U.S. as “America”?
Why (not)?
• What do you like and what don’t you like
about the U.S.?