You can drive across the whole thingIn four days, if you really wantedLeaving custom « thank you » notesIn all the houses you ever hauntedIn this whole solar systemWe’ve only met one type of lifeIt’s the living kind of lifeAnd it’s not one I recognizeAmerica, americaAmerica, americaAmerica, americaAmerica, americaI said « excuse me » to the oceanBecause I thought I had got in its wayAt first I didn’t think it heard meBut then I saw it waveYou can spend every living moment thinking »How can I get out alive? « But is it really then, can you really call it?Hey man, just shut up and drive!I thought we’d be on the road all nightWhen that ice storm hit in texasAnd when we pulled into the gas stationIt was like a frozen oasisOh, sweet mama, does that neon sign shine for me?Is there a street where my name glows all through the night?And I’ve never read (america)No, I’ve never been (america)I just never went (america)I have never seen (america)All my fantasies are faking orgasmsThey’re only in it for the money I made up for themI trade in ideas, opinions and artistryAnd my face is on every dollarThis is heaven but heaven is hereThis is heaven but heaven is hardBecause your lover is listening to music you don’t knowAnd you’re tangled up in the headphone wiresYou know our problems, they don’t endJust because we get boy girlfriendsIs this your salvation plan?Is this your salvation plan?There’s only one type of loveIt’s the loving kind of loveBut when you’re mad at me, it’s the end of timesAnd I’m mad at you all the other timesHave I ever really been in love?I guess I’ve never really been in loveHave I ever really?Not in the way I’m thinkingReal life’s a messBut at least you’re not paying rentYou’ve been making it, maybe even breaking evenYou oughta be contentIt doesn’t make senseYou’re still sitting on the fenceWhen the yard is yoursAnd it was money well spentAnd I’ve never readNo, I’ve never beenI just never wentI have never seenAmericaAmericaDemocracyBiographiesCivil rights (basically)Bright lights, living in the citySecond prize in a beauty pageant200 Dollars, this is life, this is your life!America!This is heavenThis is the place