[00:27]They pulled in just behind the fridge,
[00:29]he lays he down, he frowns
[00:32]"Gee my lifes a funny thing, am I still too young?"
[00:37]He kissed her then and there,
[00:40]she took his ring, took his babies
[00:43]It took him minutes, took her no-where
[00:47]Heaven knows, shedve taken anything, but
Chorus, she version
[01:29][00:49]All night
[01:32][00:52]She wants the young American
[01:35][00:55]Young American, young American, she wants the young American
[01:40][01:00]All right
[01:43][01:04]but she wants the young American
[01:07]Scanning life through the picture window,
[01:09]Doo-doo-doo-woo she finds the slinky vagabond
[01:11]Doo-doo-doo-woo He coughs as he passes up her red Mustang, but
[01:15]Heaven forbid, she take anything
[01:18]But the freak, and his type, all for nothing,
[01:20]Doo-doo-doo-woo misses a step and cuts his hand. But
[01:22]Doo-doo-doo-woo showing nothing, he swoops like a song
[01:23]She cries "Where have all Papas heroes gone?"
chorus, she version
[01:47]All the way from Washington,
[01:48]her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
[01:52]"We live for just these twenty years,
[01:54]do we have to die for the fifty more?", had
chorus, he version
[01:57]All night
[02:00]He wants the young American
[02:03]Young American, young American, *He* wants the young American
[02:08]All right
[02:12]but He wants the young American
[02:26]Do you remember
[02:29]your President Nixon?
[02:30]Doo-doo-doo-woo Do you remember
[02:34]the bills you have to pay,
[02:36]or even yesterday?
[02:52]Have you have been an un-American?
[02:54]Doo-doo-doo-woo Just you and your idol singing falsetto
[02:57]Doo-doo-doo-woo bout leather, leather everywhere, and
[03:00]not a myth left from the ghetto
[03:03]Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
[03:05]Doo-doo-doo-woo in case, just in case of depression?
[03:08]Doo-doo-doo-woo Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors,
[03:11]blushing at all the afro-Sheilas
[03:14]Aint that close to love?
[03:16]Doo-doo-doo-woo Well, aint that poster love?
[03:18]Doo-doo-doo-woo Well, it aint that Barbie doll,
[03:23]her hearts been broken just like you have
{chorus, you version}
[03:27]All night
[03:30]YOU wants the young American
[03:32]Young American, young American, YOU wants the young American
[03:37]All right
[03:42]but YOU wants the young American
[03:43]You aint a pimp and you aint a hustler
[03:45]A pimps got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
[03:48]Blacks got respect, uhh, whites got his soul train
[03:51]Mamas got cramps, and look at your hands ache
[03:54]I heard the news today, oh boy
[03:58]I got a suite and you got defeat
[03:59]Aint there a man you can say no more?, and
[04:03]Aint there a woman I can sock on the jaw?, and
[04:05]Aint there a child I can hold without judging?
[04:08]Aint there a pen that will write before they die?
[04:11]Aint you proud that youve still got faces?
[04:13]Aint there one damn song that can make me
[04:17]break down and cry?
chorus, I version
[04:44][04:22]All night
[04:49][04:25]I wants the young American
[04:51][04:28]Young American, young American, Iwants the young American
[04:55][04:35]All right
[05:00][04:38]but I wants the young American