Lyric discussion by myhers 

Cover art for So American lyrics by Portugal. The Man

If pain was a color to paint on you your heart would be the color blue it would be a gradient from there till your body met your hair which would remain a silver hue you are the one they call Jesus Christ didn't know no rock and roll just a mission and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam and a heart that always told you there's a madness in us all there's a madness in us all

so who broke the rules? who broke the rules? who broke the rules?

they said every one of you will never try to lend a hand when the policemen don't understand

boys, all you boys think it's so American girls, all you girls yeah, you're so American

he may not be born of this land but he was born of this world he was born of all the mothers and the colors of our brothers and the love that was taught to you by the one they call Jesus Christ he may not know no rock and roll and there may not be a heaven or a place of which to send you but you know in the end, there's a madness in us all there's a madness in us all there's a madness in us all there's a madness in us all

so who broke the rules? who broke the rules? who broke the rules?

they said every one of you will never try to lend a hand when the policemen don't understand

boys, all you boys think it's so American girls, all you girls yeah, you're so American

there's two eyes for every one of us but somebody got there first and took them all (x2)

man, oh man you think it's so American man, oh man. yeah, you're so American (x2)

there's two eyes for every one of us but somebody got there first and took them all (x2)

if pain was a color to paint on you your heart would be the color blue it would be a gradient from there till your body met your hair which remained a silver hue you are the one they call jesus christ didn't know no rock n roll just a mission and a gun to paint rainbows in vietnam and a heart that always told you there's a madness in us all there's a madness in us all

so who broke the rules who broke the rules who broke the rules

they said every one of (you) would never try...