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American Without Tears
Elvis Costello
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Outside at New Orleans the heat and sun was bright
My hotel as usual is freezing and unkind
The TV they prosecute anyone who's excited
So I put on my overcoat and went down to find
In red, white and crimson they captured my heart
To the strain of the piano and a cocktail murderess
She was singing that it's stupid, I agreed in that part
Two English girls who had changed their address
Oh it seems we've been crying for years and years
Now I don't speak any English
It's America without tears
It's America without tears
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One had been a beauty queen and the other was a friend
They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
While the boys were looking inward she had something to defend
From then on we chew on gum and find our lawn mowed
By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren
And returned them to the dance hall, she knew it was the one
Oh he wasn't all that handsome, she laughed when I told her
I'm the sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John
Oh it seems we've been crying for years and years
Now I don't speak any English
It's America without tears
It's America without tears
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At a darkened Southampton through tearful goodbyes
Israel commentator said "Cheerio, gee I prize"
The sin of the flag and the cold facts and lies
Your words Mrs. Bennett and young girls' backslides
Now I'm in America and running for you
Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York
And I think of all the women that could tempt me more than you
As I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk
Oh it seems we've been crying for years and years
Now I don't speak any English
It's America without tears
It's America without tears
Oh it seems we've been crying for years and years
Now I don't speak any English
It's America without tears
It's America without tears
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