What is this land of America? So many travel there
I'm going down while I'm still young, my darlin' meet me there
Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
And we'll make our home in the American land
Over there the women wear silk and satin to their knees
And children near, the sweets I hear are growin' on the trees
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
If you make your home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
I wandered to the valley of red hot steel and fire
We made the steel that built the cities from the sweat of our two hands
And I made my home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
The McNichols, the Molsowskis, the Smiths, the Rilleys too
The Blacks, the Irish, the Italians, the Germans and the Jews
The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home
Come across the water with a fire down below
They died building the railroads, worked their bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories, they've scattered in the wind
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dying now
The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
Who'll make his home in the American land
Who'll make his home in the American land
..." It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring? And when it comes down to it, I let them think what they want.
If they care enough to bother with what I do,then I'm already better than them."
Marilyn Monroe
I'm going down while I'm still young, my darlin' meet me there
Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
And we'll make our home in the American land
Over there the women wear silk and satin to their knees
And children near, the sweets I hear are growin' on the trees
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
If you make your home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
I wandered to the valley of red hot steel and fire
We made the steel that built the cities from the sweat of our two hands
And I made my home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
The McNichols, the Molsowskis, the Smiths, the Rilleys too
The Blacks, the Irish, the Italians, the Germans and the Jews
The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home
Come across the water with a fire down below
They died building the railroads, worked their bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories, they've scattered in the wind
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dying now
The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear the beer flows from the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the takin' for any hard working man
Who'll make his home in the American land
Who'll make his home in the American land
Who'll make his home in the American land
If they care enough to bother with what I do,then I'm already better than them."
Marilyn Monroe
