Life in the U.S.A.

Life in the USA
I want to live in the USA
What will it be today?
I want to be free every way
Life in the USA

Midnight comes to New York
It's dark at the end of the street
The coppers are running the numbers
And silicone girls in the heat
Lovers in the blackout Saturday night
Passion in the subway, kill the light

'Cause I want to live in the USA
Life in the USA
Don't give up, don't give up today
What will it be today?

Midnight comes to Houston
It's hot as a thief in a car
Telephone rings through a window
Searching for flesh in a bar
Looking for a kickback Saturday night
Money on the back porch, kill the light

'Cause I want to live in the USA
Life in the USA
I want to say what I want to say
What will it be today?
I want to live for the work and play
Life in the USA
Don't look back, don't look back
What will it be today?

I want to live in the USA
Life in the USA
I want to say what I want to say
What will it be today?

I wake up in the evening
And my head's a magazine
So I call up a cup of coffee
And forget all about my dreams
I'm the man who's on a mission
I'm the guy you don't really know
But I'll take your sweet submission
And I go

Twilight fog on LA
Money and sex on the beach
Hippies hung up on nostalgia
And nuclear boys on the freeze
Television postcard Saturday night
Shooting through the windows, kill the light

I want to live in the USA
Life in the USA
I want to be free every way
What will it be today?
I want to live for the work and the play
Life in the USA
Don't give up, don't give up today
What will it be today?

I want to live in the USA
Life in the USA
Don't look back, don't look back, no, no
What will it be today?
I want to say what I want to say
Life in the USA
I want to know what it feels like
Life in the US