Young Americans
Cure

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
Chorus (he)
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 window
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?

Chorus (she)
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?

Chorus (he)
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 Clinton?
Do you remember, Bill, you have to pay
Or even yesterday?

Have you have 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

Chorus (you)
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?

Chorus (i) (repeat 3 times)
All night
I want the young American
Young American, young American, I want the young American
All right
I want the young American


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  10 15 Saturday Night   10:15 Saturday Night   2 Late   39   A Boy I Never Knew   A Chain Of Flowers   A Few Hours After This   A Foolish Arrangement   A Forest   A Japanese Dream   A Letter To Elise   A Man Inside My Mouth   A Night Like This   A Pink Dream   A Short Term Effect   A Sign From God   A Strange Day   A Thousand Hours   Accuracy   Adonais   Aerial   All Cats Are Grey   All I Have To Do Is Kill Her   All I Want   All Kinds Of Stuff   Alt.End   Anniversary   Another Day   Apart   Ariel   At Night   Babble   Bananafishbones   Bare   Before Three   Bird Mad Girl   Bloodflowers   Boys Don't Cry   Boys Don't Cry   Breathe   Burn   Catch   Caterpillar   Chain Of Flowers   Charlotte Sometimes   Close To Me   Closedown   Club America   Cold   Coming Up   Cut   Cut Here   Desperate Journalist   Disintegration   Doing The Unstuck   Doubt   Dredd Song   Dressing Up   End   Faith   Fake   Fascination Street   Fear Of Ghosts   Fight   Fire In Cairo   Foxy Lady   Freakshow   Friday I'm In Love   Friday I'm In Love   From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea   Give Me It   Going Nowhere   Gone   Gone!   Grinding Halt   Halo   Happy Birthday / Three   Happy The Man   Harold And Joe   Hello, I Love You   Heroin Face   Hey You!!!   High   Home   Homesick   Hot Hot Hot !!!   How Beautiful You Are   I Just Need Myself   I Want To Be Old   I'm A Cult Hero   I'm Cold   I'm A Cult Hero   I'm Cold   Icing Sugar   If Only Tonight We Could Sleep   In Your House   Inbetween Days   It Used To Be Me   It's Not You   Jumping Someone Else's Train   Jumping Someone Else's Train   Jupiter Crash   Just Like Heaven   Just One Kiss   Just Say Yes   Killing An Arab   Kyoto Song   Labyrinth   Lament   Last Dance   Let's Go To Bed   Let's Go To Bed   Like An Animal   Like Cockatoos   Lost   Lovesong   Lullaby   M   Maybe Someday   Meathook   Mint Car   More Than This   Mouth To Mouth   Mr. Alphabet Says   Mr. Pink Eyes   Never   Never Enough   New Day   Numb   NY Trip   Object   Ocean   One Hundred Years   One More Time   Open   Other Voices   Out Of Mind   Out Of This World   Pictures Of You   Piggy In The Mirror   Pillbox Tales   Pirate Ships   Plainsong   Plastic Passion   Play   Play For Today   Play With Me (studio Out-take)   Pornography   Possession   Prayers For Rain   Primary   Punish Me With Kisses   Purple Haze   Push   Return   Round & Round & Round   Round & Round & Round   Scared As You   Secrets   See The Children   Seventeen Seconds   Shake Dog Shake   Shiver And Shake   Siamese Twins   Signal To Noise   Sinking   Six Different Ways   Snow In Summer   So What?   Speak My Language   Spilt Milk   Splintered In Her Head   Stop Dead   Strange Attraction   Subway Song   Sugar Girl   Taking Off   Temptation   The 13Th   The Baby Screams   The Big Hand   The Blood   The Dream   The Drowning Man   The Empty World   The End Of The World   The Exploding Boy   The Figurehead   The Funeral Party   The Hanging Garden   The Holy Hour   The Kiss   The Last Day Of Summer   The Loudest Sound   The Lovecats   The Only One   The Perfect Boy   The Perfect Girl   The Promise   The Reasons Why   The Same Deep Water As You   The Scream   The Snake Pit   The Snakepit   The Upstairs Room   There Is No If...   This Is A Lie   This Morning   This Twilight Garden   Three Imaginary Boys   Throw Your Foot   To The Sky   To Wish Impossible Things   Torture   Trap   Treasure   Trust   Truth Goodness And Beauty   Underneath The Stars   Untitled   Us Or Them   Wailing Wall   Waiting...   Walk   Want   Watching Me Fall   Wendy Time   Where The Birds Always Sing   Why Can't I Be You?   Why Can't I Be You   Without You   World In My Eyes   World War   Wrong Number   Wrong Number (Real Version)   Yesterday's Gone   You're So Happy (You Could Kill Me)   Your God Is Fear

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