America

Song America
Artist Paul Simon
Album Over the Bridge of Time A Paul Simon Retrospective 1964-2011

Lyrics

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[ar:Paul Simon]
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[00:00.00] 'Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together'
[00:25.47] 'I've got some real estate here in my bag'
[00:32.35] So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs.wagner pies
[00:39.90] And we walked off to look for America
[00:51.60] 'Kathy' I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh
[00:59.70] 'Michigan seems like a dream to me now'
[01:05.98] It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
[01:09.56] I've gone to look for America
[01:18.01] Laughing on the bus
[01:20.49] Playing games with the faces
[01:24.80] She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
[01:32.64] I said 'Be careful his bowtie is really a camera'
[01:44.84] 'toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat'
[01:52.80] 'We smoked the last one an hour ago'
[01:59.68] So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
[02:06.91] And the moon rose over an open field
[02:18.41] 'Kathy, I'm lost' I said, though I knew she was sleeping
[02:26.37] I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
[02:32.60] Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike
[02:36.44] They've all gone to look for America
[02:43.37] All gone to look for America
[02:50.05] All gone to look for America