Outside in New Orleans, the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room, as usual, was freezing and unkind
On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat and went down to find
In Revlon and Crumplin' they captured my heart
To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess
She was singing that it's too late, I agree with that part
For two English girls who had changed their address
Oh, it seems sweet
They've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
One had been a beauty queen and the other was a friend
They had been crying for years and for years
They had known rogues and rascals, insurers and presarios
While the boys were licking Hitler, they had something to defend
For men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory, as they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall, she knew he was the one
Though he wasn't all our answer
She laughed and said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

She laughed and told him, I'm the sheriff of Nottingham
And this is little John
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
At a dock in Southampton, we'll do tearful goodbyes
Use real commentators and cheerio G.I. brides
Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and young girls' backsides
Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather begged for me, walked the streets of New York
And I think of all the women, I pretend we're more than you
And I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Oh, it seems we've been crying now day by day
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
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