Def Leppard

Hello America

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Hello America Lyrics

Hello America, hello America
Hello America, Hello America
Well I'm takin' me a trip I'm going down to California
Yeah, I'm gonna try Hollywood and San Pedro Bay, yeah yeah
I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna give my love to you
I'm gonna take you where the lights are bright
I'm gonna give you my love tonight
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
I'm gonna get me a greyhound bus down the motorway
I'm gonna spend a little time in 'Frisco and L.A., yeah yeah
But when it gets to twelve o'clock
And you feel that you gotta rock
You'd better let your hair hang down
So we can boogie all over town
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
Takin' me a trip I'm going down to California
Yeah, I'm gonna try Hollywood and San Pedro Bay, yeah yeah
I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna give my love to you
So won't ya take me where the lights are bright
Won't you give me your love tonight
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America

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spliphstar On Jan 04, 2002

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by Dreamer Deceiver

21y ago

One of Def Leppard's early aims was to become big in America, and this is a song about that attitude, one shared by most other British bands at the time. It worked- their debut album went into the Billboard top 50, as well as the British Top 20.

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by emuInAmuumuu 14y ago

There lyrics are fairly self-explanatory.Catchy beginning.

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