Just Like The USA
by Aztec Camera
From the album: Knife
Track 2 of 8 on Knife (1984).
Lyrics for Just Like The USA
Stuck in my beat suede shoes I can't wait Oh what a state to be in I need her heart and get a jack-jones for my sins She's gonna ditch that shining sick machine And be speeding straight my way But I'm churning in neutral Turning in a circle Just like the USA The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize Cos I know that my might could change my mind And I'm told that by rights its not my find I'd be a tribute to temptation In its glory and its grave But I'm churning in neutral Turning in a circle Just like the USA The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize Cos I know that my might could change my mind And I'm told that by rights it's not my find I'd be a tower to your highest hopes That no southern star could sway But I'm churning in neutral Turning in a circle Just like the USA I hear those rhyming bells and heed the words they say And with a string of diamelles I'll steal her heart away Cos I know that my might could change my mind And I'm told that by rights its not my find In my star-bangled sailor suit I'd be the pioneer by day But I'm churning in neutral Turning in a circle Just like the USA