I'm in the loony bin

The dead fish

The air-conditioning

I got a ticket for your grande finale

Its 130 in Death Valley



I've been lost and double-crossed

Chased down and stabbed in the bloody frost

I'm a lost child on your evening news

You're a queen in a castle of sugar cubes



America!

America!



I've seen your guillotine

A fat boy adrift in a limousine

Through the land of the lost Cherokee

Down the rivers of red majesty



And I've seen your pastures of green

The crack whores, the wars on the silver screen

Hiroshima and the lynching tree

Its a wonder my eyes still can see



America!

America!

You give me nightmares



Did you kill your son Joe Hill?

The night nurse, she read me his final will

I thought of running off, but where would I go?

I wouldn't make it beyond Buffalo



I'd miss your cowgirl kiss

The red fangs, the lips, the avarice

Its getting high time for your grande finale

Its 130 in Death Valley



America!

America!

You give me dreams to dream

Popcorn memories and in love