What a drag it is the shape I'm in
Well, I go out somewhere then I come home again
I light a cigarette 'cause I can't get no sleep
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That means that much to me
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, there's trouble in America, oh
Yesterday was easy, happiness came and went
I got the movie script but I don't know what it meant
I light a cigarette 'cause I can't get no sleep
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That means that much to me
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That I can believe in
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, there's trouble in America
Oh, there's panic in America, oh
Yesterday was easy
Yes, I got the news
When you get it straight, but stand up you just can't lose
Give you my confidence, all my faith in life
Don't stand me up, don't let me down
I need you tonight
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, she's just in America, oh
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Well, I go out somewhere then I come home again
I light a cigarette 'cause I can't get no sleep
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That means that much to me
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, there's trouble in America, oh
Yesterday was easy, happiness came and went
I got the movie script but I don't know what it meant
I light a cigarette 'cause I can't get no sleep
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That means that much to me
There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio
That I can believe in
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, there's trouble in America
Oh, there's panic in America, oh
Yesterday was easy
Yes, I got the news
When you get it straight, but stand up you just can't lose
Give you my confidence, all my faith in life
Don't stand me up, don't let me down
I need you tonight
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold
All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh, she's just in America, oh
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Lyrics submitted by bing_redboy
"America" as written by Andy Burrows Johnny Borrell
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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(Of course, this IS Razorlight, so it could just be a load of gobshite, really.)
"There's nothing on the TV nothing on the radio
That means that much to me "
Everything about this song is lonliness, and isolation. When you're sat in hotel room after hotel room, with nothing to do but watch TV, missing everyone you love.
The 'panic'? Well just watch CNN (if you ever get stuck in a hotel with no other English channel available) trying to make out what a big deal some trivial headline is, on a no news day.
I really love this song
I enjoyed reading your own interpretations too.
About the media? but im not really sure what else....
Yesterday was easy
Yes I got the news
When you get it straight, but stand up you just can't lose
Give you my confidence, all my faith in life
Dont stand me up
Don't let me down
I need you tonight
Non?
Correct Me If I'mk Wrong But That's All It Points To In My Opinion
Just to reinforce what I am saying here, I was listening to a recording of Johnny Borrell (plus a tiny bit from the rest of razorlight) talking about this song on the XFM website, and I got the impression that he thought he was writing some pretty ground breaking, rule breaking stuff. He was comparing themselves to the Beatles for god's sake! (sorry for moaning for so long about this song)