Down below the cars in the city go rushing by
 I sit here alone and I wonder why

 Friday night and everyone's moving
 I can feel the heat but it's moving
 Heading down
 I search for the beat in this dirty town

 Downtown the young ones are going
 Downtown the young ones are growing

 We're the kids in America
 We're the kids in America
 Everybody live for the music-go-round

 Bright lights, the music gets faster
 Look boy, don't check on your watch
 Not another glance
 I'm not leaving now, honey
 Not a chance
 Hot-shot, give me no problems
 Much later baby you'll be saying never mind
 You know life is cruel
 Life is never kind

 Kind hearts don't make a new story
 Kind hearts don't grab any glory

 We're the kids in America
 We're the kids in America
 Everybody live for the music-go-round

 Come closer honey, that's better
 Got to get a brand new experience
 Feeling right
 Oh don't try to stop baby
 Hold me tight

 Outside a new day is dawning
 Outside Suburbia's sprawling everywhere
 I don't want to go baby
 New York to East California
 There's a new wave coming, I warn ya

 We're the kids in America
 We're the kids in America
 Everybody live for the music-go-round

 We're the kids
 We're the kids
 We're the kids in America
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