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Do America

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Well I've been it every since I was a kid at school
Now they love me in Newcastle and in Liverpool
I'm as hard as a pistol I can do no wrong
I've been in Birmingham and Bristol to play my song

Take the 777 to the USA
Gonna party all night I'm gonna sleep all day
See New York City 'cos I've never been
New York City in a limousine

Gonna do America do do America
Do America do do America now

Take the 777 over to LA
Gonna party all night I'm gonna sleep all day
Wake up and drive around
Get the coolest girl in town

Do America do do America
Do America do do America now

Now the people go na na
Another people go ra ra
And all the people go ga ga when I
Do America do do America

Do America do do America
Do America do do America
Do America do do America now

Backstage passes for the food and booze
Sunglasses for my interviews
Statue of Liberty
Everybody looking at me

Do America do do America
Do America do do America now

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crimsonicity On Apr 15, 2007

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by DrizztUK

18y ago

Easy this one, it is about the rise of manufactured boy bands. I like the reference to Birmingham and Bristol which relates to daytime BBC shows which the boy bands always appeared on first.

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