America, America-A Balladeer

[ti:America, America] [ar:A Balladeer] [al:Where Are You, Bambi Woods?] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]America, America - A Balladeer [00:21.11]I wasn't even seventeen when I believed the grass was greener [00:45.40]Where life is one big movie scene [00:54.10]Of beauty queens and paper boy achievers [01:03.69]Wednesday nights at Mary's house I tried to open up to Jesus [01:18.36]Cause I had seen them raise their brows [01:22.85]To the only non-believer in [01:28.90]America America [01:34.71] [01:49.23]In an air-conditioned class I auditioned for Mrs Townsend's choir [01:59.63]David wore a cowboy hat [02:07.22]He lip-synched like she ordered him [02:13.07]We prayed for soldiers in Iraq to give them strength to fire [02:32.70]We pledged allegiance to the flag [02:36.71]We praised our freedom caught between the borders of [02:47.61]America America [03:04.68]Mary's father brought us home [05:26.91]He drove us through the heart of Texas [05:35.23]Once in Dallas I was shown [05:42.60]The spot where JFK got shot