American Thingwords and music by John Eddie |
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i'm driving 95 south i've got a cowboy mouth i'm gonna bite me a beauty gueen I ain't got no home i'm just fins and chrome sucking up some gasoline there's a great ball of fire spinning in the sky there's a sweet hitchhiker that i can't pass by she's got them legs that last forever man they never end she's got an order of protection on her ex-boyfriend |
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it's just an american thing it's just an american thing the lost highway and the hillbilly king raising hell 'til the angels sing forever young forever sweet sixteen it's just an american thing |
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she put her head in my lap she told me don't look back and then we headed for the warmth of the sun we painted lonesome town we drove ol dixe down looking for some fun fun fun we stopped at a stuckeys stole some fireworks grabbed a you hoo chocolate and a gun that squirts we stuck up a couple at the cash machine I said kiss me miss macgraw I feel like steve mcqueen |
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it's just an american thing it's just an american thing the lost highway and the hillbilly king raising hell 'til the angels sing forever young forever sweet sixteen it's just an american thing |
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well now the light i saw told me to fight the law I said "baby give me one last kiss" I made my final stand outside of gatorland mama told me there'd be days like this I heard "hold it right there put your hands in the air we're talkin to the guy with the elvis hair" you're under arrest less fortunate son I said "you leave me breathless baby" then I went for the gun |
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it's just an american thing it's just an american thing the lost highway and the hillbilly king raising hell 'til the angels sing forever young forever sweet sixteen it's just an american thing |