Livin In America

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MAN:    Oh, it's six o'clock and it's time to rock
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        And me head is beatin' like a drum
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        In the cold day light, ah I feel like shite
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        And I can't remember last night's fun

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        Then the foreman says, "C'mon now boys
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        Stick your fingers down your throat and get to work"
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        And I wish to Christ I'd stayed home last night
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        Instead of drinkin' in America

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        Oh, I knock down walls with big iron balls
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        And I mix cement by the ton
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        With me tongue hangin' out for a bottle of stout
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        Sweatin' bullets in the Brooklyn sun

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        Then I think of her up on Kings Bridge Road
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        Did she mean what she said last night
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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        Livin' in America

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WOMAN:  On me way downtown, I think of that clown
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        And the things that he said last night
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        Did he mean 'em at all or was it just drink talk
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        Oh, I must look a terrible sight

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        Put me makeup on as I watch the sun
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        Rise high over Fordham Road
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BOTH:  Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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WOMAN:  Oh, the kids aren't dressed and the house is a mess
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        And the yuppies are networkin' again
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        Kiss their darlin's goodbye, "Oh, we'll be late tonight
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        But we should be home by eleven"

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        Oh, me little dears dry up your tears
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BOTH:  Your parents are too busy makin' money
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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        Livin' in America

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MAN:    Workin' with the black man, Dominican and Greek
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        In the snows of January or the drenchin' August heat
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        No sick days or benefits and for Christ's sake don't get hurt
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        The quacks over here won't patch you up
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        Unless they see the bucks upfront

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WOMAN:  Lookin' after babies from crack of dawn 'til dusk
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        Changin' dirty nappies and cleanin' up the house
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BOTH:   Is this what I've been educated for
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        To wipe the arse of every baby in America?

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MAN:    Now the day is done, take the subway home
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        Squashed up like some sardine in a can
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        In the Blarney Stone, drink a gallon of foam
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        'Til I'm feelin' half myself again

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        If she comes tonight, I'll ask her outright
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        Ah, what the hell, nothin' ventured nothin' gained
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        And if she takes a chance, she might find romance
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        Now she's livin' in America

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WOMAN:  See him standing there with the ring in his ear
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        And the grin on the side of his face
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        With the fag in his mouth oh I should watch out
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        For they say that he's a real hard case
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        Should I take me chance or say no thanks?
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BOTH:  Ah, what the hell, nothin' ventured nothin' gained
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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        Livin' in America
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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        Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
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