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Viewing Lyrics for American Without Tears:

Artist:Elvis Costello
No album artwork found
Album:Unknown
Track:American Without Tears
 
Date Added:18/10/2007
Rating:not yet rated     
Views:1
 
Lyrics:Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual was freezing
and unkind
On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat and went
down to find
In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart
To the strain of a piano and
a cocktail murderess
She was singing that "It's Too Late", I agreed with that part
For two
English girls who had changed their address

[chorus]

Now it seems we've been
crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears

Just American without tears

One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend

They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
While the boys were licking
Hitler they had something to defend
>From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose

By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren
And returned into the dancehall she knew he
was the one
Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her
"I'm the
Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John"

[chorus]

At a dock in Southampton
full of tearful goodbyes
Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio, G.I. brides"
Soon they'll be
finding the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and young girls backsides


Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked the
streets of New York
And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you
When I open
my mouth and I can't seem to talk

Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years

Now I don't speak any English just American without tears
Just American without tears
 
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