One More American Song Songtext
von The Duke & the King

If I had a cinder block
For every lie I told
I could′ve built us a house
Fine as any city block
To keep us out of the cold
'Cause the winter′s long
And longer in this shitty town
With a gas can rusting down the street
And the cherry trees
And every boombox playing loud
And we sing along
We sing till dawn
It's just one more American song
John was a quiet boy in school
Johnny had the fiery red hair
He went in the army
Like a lot of them do
And he got fucked up over there
And if you see him now
He pushes a shopping cart in the parking lot


If you call him he don't hear a thing
Call him John the Priest
John the King of Bottletops
Priest or pawn
His war is still on
It′s just one more American song
There′s a place I heard about once
A place called Union Street
A place on high
A place where we could all be one
It sounded pretty good to me
And ain't no gasoline
Gonna take us back that way again
When the years have rusted out our fenders
When our jeans were torn
And we were all the best of friends
And the music sewed us together
I can hear that band
They′re near at hand
I really hope it's not the wind again
Oh no, it don′t be long boys
Something's gone
One more American song
It don′t be long boys
I'm hanging on
One more American song
It's been too long boys
Something′s gone
One more American song