America lyrics

Song information

Artist: Paul Simon
Album: Concert In The Park

Lyrics

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together."
"I've got some real estate here in my bag."
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and mrs. wagner pies
And we walked off to look for america
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw
I've come to look for america."

Laughing on the bus;
Playing games with the faces;
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy;
I said "be careful his bowtie is really a camera."

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat."
"We smoked the last one an hour ago."
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why."
Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike:
They've all come to look for america
All come to look for america
All come to look for america

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Concert In The Park" album track list