Young Americans
Bowie David

Bowie David
Young Americans
Young Americans
They pulled in just behind the fridge
He lays her down, he frowns
Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young?
He kissed her then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but

All night
She wants the young American
Young American, young American, she wants the young American
All right
She wants the young American

Scanning life through the picture windows
She finds the slinky vagabond
He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, but
Heaven forbid, she'll take anything
But the freak, and his type, all for nothing
He misses a step and cuts his hand, but
Showing nothing, he swoops like a song
She cries Where have all Papa's heroes gone?

All night
She wants the young American
Young American, young American, she wants the young American
All right
She wants the young American

All the way from Washington
Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
We live for just these twenty years
Do we have to die for the fifty more?

All night
He wants the young American
Young American, young American, he wants the young American
All right
He wants the young American

Do you remember, your President Nixon?
Do you remember, the bills you have to pay
Or even yesterday

Have you been an un-American?
Just you and your idol singing falsetto 'bout
Leather, leather everywhere, and
Not a myth left from the ghetto
Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
In case, just in case of depression
Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors
Blushing at all the afro-Sheilas
Ain't that close to love?
Well, ain't that poster love?
Well, it ain't that Barbie doll
Her heart's been broken just like you have

And
All night
You want the young American
Young American, young American, you want the young American
All right
You want the young American

You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
Black's got respect, and white's got his soul train
Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache
I heard the news today, oh boy
I got a suite and you got defeat
Ain't there a man you can say no more?
And, ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw?
And, ain't there a child I can hold without judging?
Ain't there a pen that will write before they die?
Ain't you proud that you've still got faces?
Ain't there one damn song that can make me
break down and cry?

All night
I want the young American
Young American, young American, I want the young American
All right
I want the young American
Young American
Young American, young American, I want the young American
(I want with you, I want with you want)
All right
(You want it, I want you you, you want I, I want you want)
Young American, young American, I want the young American (I want to want, to want, to want , to want I, I want you)
All right
(Lord I wanted the young american)
(young american)
Young American, Young American
I want the young American
Mmmmmm mmm


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  '87 AND CRY   1917   1984   1984/Do Do   5:15 The Angels Have Gone   A Better Future   A Big Hurt   A Foggy Day ( In A London Town)   A New Career In A New Town   A Small Plot Of Land   Absolute Beginners   Across The Universe   Afraid   African Night Flight   After All   After Today   Alabama Song   Aladdin Sane   All Saints   All The Madmen   All The Young Dudes   Always Crashing In The Same Car   Amazing   Amlapura ( Indomesian Version)   Amsterdam   An Occasional Dream   And I Say To Myself   Andy Warhol   Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere   As The World Falls Down   Ashes To Ashes   Baal's Hymn   Baby Can Dance   Baby Loves That Way   Baby Universal   Ballad Of The Adventurers   Bars Of The County Jail   Battle For Britain (The Letter)   Be My Wife   Beat Of Your Drum   Beauty And The Beast   Because You're Young   Better Wrong   Big Brother   Black Country Rock   Blackout   Bleed Like A Crazed, Day   Blue Jean   Bombers   Boys Keep Swinging   Breaking Glass   Brilliant Adevnture   Buddha Of Suburbia   Buss Stop   Buzz The Fuzz   Cactus   Can You Hear Me   Candidate   Candidate (Demo)   Cat People (Putting Out Fire)   Changes   Chant Of Ever Circling Skeletal Family   Chilly Down   China Girl   Ching-A-Ling Song   Columbine   Come And Buy My Toys   Conversation Piece   Crack City   Cracked Actor   Criminal World   Crystal Japan   Cygnet Committee   D.J.   Dancing In The Street   Dancing With The Big Boys   David Bowie's Revolutionary Song   Day In Day Out   Dead Against It   Dead Man Walking   Diamond Dogs   Did You Ever Have A Dream   Dirty Song   Do Anything You Say   Do Do   Don't Be Afraid   Don't Bring Me Down   Don't Let Me Down And Down   Don't Look Down   Drive In Saturday   Even A Fool Learns To Love   Everyone Says 'Hi'   Everything Is You   Fame   Fantastic Voyage   Fascination   Fashion   Fill Your Heart   Five Years   Footstompin'   Friday On My Mind   Future Legend   Girls   Glad I've Got Nobody   Glass Spider   God Knows I'm Good   God Only Knows   Golden Years   Good Morning Girl   Goodbye Mr.Ed   Growin' Up   Gunman   Hallo Spaceboy   Hammerhead   Hang On To Yourself   Hang On To Yourself (Arnold Corns Version)   Heathen (The Rays)   Heaven's In Here   Helden   Here Comes The Night   Here Today, Gone Tomorrow   Heroes - Helden   Heroes (English)   Heroes (French)   Holy Holy   How Lucky You Are   I Am With Name   I Can't Explain   I Can't Read   I Dig Everything   I Feel Free   I Have Not Been To Oxford Town   I Keep Forgetting   I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday   I Pity The Fool   I Pray Ole   I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spacecraft   I Want My Baby Back   I Wish You Would   I Would Be Your Slave   I'll Follow You   I'm A Laser   I'm Afraid Of Americans   I'm Deranged   I've Been Waiting For You   If I'm Dreaming My Life   If There Is Something   In The Heat Of The Morning   It Ain't Easy   It's Gonna Be Me   It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City   It's No Game (Part 1)   Janine   Joe The Lion   John, I'm Only Dancing   John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)   Join The Gang   Julie   Jump They Say   Jump They Say [Alt Mix]   Karma Man   Kingdom Come   Knock On Wood   Kooks   Lady Grinning Soul   Lady Stardust   Law [Earthing On Fire]   Leon Takes Us Outside   Let Me Sleep Beside You   Let's Spend The Night Together   Letter To Hermoine   Lieb Mis Bis Dienstag-Love You Till Tuesday   Life Is A Circus   Life On Mars?   Lightning Fightning   Little Bombardier   Little Toy Soldier   Little Wonder   Liza Jane   London Bye Ta-Ta   Look Back In Anger   Looking For Lester   Looking For Satellites   Louie Louie, Go Home   Love Song   Love You Till Tuesday   Lover To The Dawn   Loving The Alien   Lust For Life   Magic Dance   Maid Of Bond Street   Miracle Goodnight   Modern Love   Moonage Daydream   Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns Version)   Moss Garden   Move On   My Death   Nature Boy   Neighborhood Threat   Never Let Me Down   New Angels Of Promise   New York's In Love   Nightclubbing   Nite Flights   No Control   No One Calls   Nothing To Be Desired   Oh You Pretty Things   One Shot   Outside   Over The Wall We Go   Over The Wall We Go (Oscar Version)   Pallas Athena   Peace On Earth - Little Drummer Boy   People From Bad Homes   Planet Of Dreams   Please Mr. Gravedigger   Port Of Amsterdam   Pretty Pink Rose   Pretty Thing   Prisoner Of Love   Queen Bitch   Quicksand   Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola   Real Cool World   Rebel Rebel   Red Money   Red Sails   Remembering Marie A.   Repetition   Ricochet   Right   Right On Mother   Rock 'N' Roll Suicide   Rosal YN   Round And Round   Run   Running Gun Blues   Rupeat The Riley   Sacrifice Yourself   Saviour Machine   Scary Monsters   Scream Like A Baby   See Emily Play   Segue - Algeria Touchshriek   Segue - Baby Grace [ A Horrid Cassette]   Segue - Nathan Adler   Segue - Nathan Adler 2   Segue - Ramona A. Stone   Sell Me A Coat   Sense Of Doubt   Seven   Seven Years In Tibet   Sex And The Church   Shadow Man   Shake It   Shapes Of Things   She Shook Me Cold   She's Got Medals   Shining Star [ Makin' My Love]   Shoppong For Girls   Silly Boy Blue   Silver Treetop School For Boys   Slip Away   Slow Burn   Some Are   Somebody Up There Likes Me   Something In The Air   Song For Bob Dylan   Sons Of The Silent Age   Sorrow   Sorry   Soul Love   Sound And Vision   South Horizon   Space Oddity   Speed Of Life   Star   Starman   Stateside   Station To Station   Stay   Subterraneans   Suffragette City   Sunday   Survive   Sweet Head   Sweet Thing   Sweet Thing [Reprise]   Take Me Tip   Teenage Wildlife   Telling Lies   That's Motivation   That's Where My Heart Is   The Bewlay Brothers   The Dreamers   The Drowned Girl   The Gospel According To Tony Day   The Hearts Filthy Lesson   The Jean Genie   The King Of Stamford Hill   The Last Thing You Should Do   The Laughing Gnome   The London Boys   The Man Who Sold The World   The Memory Of A Free Festival   The Mirror   The Motel   The Mysteries   The Prettiest Star   The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell   The Secret Life Of Arabia   The Supermen   The Wedding   The Wedding Song   The Width Of A Circle   The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud   There Is A Happy Land   This Is Not America   Threepenny Pierrot   Thru' These Architects Eyes   Thursday's Child   Time   Time Will Crawl   Tin Machine   Tired Of My Life   Tonight   Too Dizzy   Tumble And Twirl   TVC 15   Uncle Arthur   Under Pressure   Under The God   Underground [long version]   Untitled No.1   Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed   Up The Hill Backwards   Velvet Goldmine   Video Crime   Volare   Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)   Waiting For The Man   Warszawa   Watching That Man   We Are Hungry Men   We Are The Dead   We Prick You   We Shall Go To Town   What In The World   What's Really Happening   When I Live My Dream   When I'm Five   When You Rock'N' Roll With Me   Where Have All The Good Times Gone   White Light, White Heat   Who Can I Be Now   Win   Wishful Beginings   Within YOu   Without You   Word On A Wing   Working Class Hero   Yassassin [Turkish For Long Live]   You Belong In Rock N' Roll   You've Been Around   You've Got A Habit Of Leaving   Zeroes

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