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Broken American Lyrics
We speak in broken American
From the inlands to the shore
From the high planes to the backends
From the mountains to the valley floor
And the streets were not paved with gold
There were men to find a wage
But now we don't know where to go
To work the livelong day
[Chorus]
And now i got to leave this place, oh, oh
Back to my sweet land, oh oh
Now i've got to leave this place, oh, oh
Back to my sweet land
We speak in broken american
From the inlands to the shore
They tell us how the west was won
And what to fight for
And they said they wouldn't send us far
Yeah that most of us could stay
But we speak in broken american
And we got the news today
[Chorus]
Say bye bye, say bye bye (2x)
[Incomprehensible, possibly nonsense words…what do you all think?]
Say bye bye, say bye bye (6x)
Oh, oh, oh (7x)
From the inlands to the shore
From the high planes to the backends
From the mountains to the valley floor
There were men to find a wage
But now we don't know where to go
To work the livelong day
And now i got to leave this place, oh, oh
Back to my sweet land, oh oh
Now i've got to leave this place, oh, oh
Back to my sweet land
From the inlands to the shore
They tell us how the west was won
And what to fight for
Yeah that most of us could stay
But we speak in broken american
And we got the news today
Oh, oh, oh (7x)
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So I Sign up I lie About my age And soon We're shippin out soon Be on a plane
You kissed My cheeks And my face Was on fire I run Away from the little ones Trying not to cry
Say bye-bye...
I'm pretty sure that's right. Please add it :D
"From the high plains to the badlands"
"And the streets were not paved with gold Every man could find a wage"
Thats what I hear anyways. Favorite song on the EP by far.
I'm pretty sure the song is about shipping off to war...although details I'm not sure but that is the basis of the song
The shipping off to war theme seems possible, with those references to telling them what to fight for and winning the west, and the reference to there not being any jobs could be why the singer ended up in the military. But I think it may be about immigrants getting deported, because he says he's going "back to my sweet land".