AMERICA

By Neil Diamond
Girls: I like to be in America!
O.K. by me in America!
Everything free in America
Boys: For a small fee in America!
Girls: Buying in credit is so nice!
Boys: One look at us and they charge twice.
Girls: I have my own washing machine.
Boys: What will you have though to keep clean?
Girls: Skyscrapers bloom in America.
Cadillac zoom in America.
Industry boom in America.
Boys: Twelve in a room in America.
Girls: Lots of new housing and more space.
Boys: Lots of doors slamming in our face.
Girls: I’ll get a terrace apartment.
Boys: Better get rid of your accent.
Girls: Life can be bright in America.
Boys: If you can fight in America.
Girls: Life is alright in America.
Boys: If you’re all white in America.
Girls: Here you are free and you have pride.
Boys: Long as you stay on your own side.
Girls: Free to be anything you choose.
Boys: Free to wait tables and shine shoes.
Boys: Everywhere crime in America.
Organized crime in America?
Terrible time in America.
Girls: You forgot I’m in America!
Boys: I think I’ll go back to San Juan.
Girls: I know a boat you can get on.
Boys: Everyone there will give big cheer!
Girls: Everyone there would have moved here!

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