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America (Live) Lyrics by Simon & Garfunkel

The Concert in Central Park

1982

[Verse 1]
"Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America
[Verse 2]
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
And I've gone to look for America"
[Bridge]
Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera"
[Verse 3]
"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"Ah, we smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
[Verse 4]
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
"I'm empty and I'm aching and I don't know why"
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
And they've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America
[Outro]
David Brown took the guitar solo
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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel

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