AMERICA

Paul Simon  with the band : Simon and Garfunkel 1972
Album : Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits


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Mm mm mm  mm mm mm mm mm mm


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let us be lovers well marry our fortunes together

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I've got some real estate here in my bag


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So we bought a pack of cigarettes and mrs. wagner pies

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And we walked off to look for america

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kathy, I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh

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michigan seems like a dream to me now

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It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw

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Ive gone to look for america


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Laughing on the bus Playing games with the faces

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She said the man in the gabardine suit was  a spy

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I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera



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toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat

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we smoked the last one an hour ago

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So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine


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And the moon rose over an open field


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kathy, Im lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping

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Im empty and aching and I dont know why

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Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike

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They've all gone to look for america

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All gone to look for america

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All gone to look for america