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David Bowie
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They pulled in just behind the bridge
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He lays her down, he frowns
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Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young?
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He kissed her then and there
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She took his ring, took his babies
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It took him minutes, took her nowhere
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Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but
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All night
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She wants the young American
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Young American, young American, she wants the young American
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All right
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She wants the young American
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Scanning life through the picture window
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She finds the slinky vagabond
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He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, but
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Heaven forbid, she'll take anything
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But the freak, and his type, all for nothing
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Misses a step and cuts his hand, but
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Showing nothing, he swoops like a song
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She cries where have all Papa's heroes gone?
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All night
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She wants a young American
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Young American, young American, she wants the young American
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All right
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She wants the young American
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All the way from Washington
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Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
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"We live for just these twenty years
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Do we have to die for the fifty more?"
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All night
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He wants the young American
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Young American, young American, he wants the young American
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All right
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He wants the young American
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Do you remember, your President Nixon?
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Do you remember, the bills you have to pay
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For even yesterday?
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Have you have been an un-American?
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Just you and your idol singing falsetto 'bout
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Leather, leather everywhere, and
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Not a myth left from the ghetto
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Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
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In case, just in case of depression?
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Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors
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Blushing at all the afro-Sheilas
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Ain't that close to love?
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Well, ain't that poster love?
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Well, it ain't that Barbie doll
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Her heart's been broken just like you have
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All night
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All night was a young American
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Young American, young American, you want the young American
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All right
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All right you want the young American
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You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
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A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
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Black's got respect, and white's got his Soul Train
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Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache
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(I heard the news today, oh boy)
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I got a suite and you got defeat
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Ain't there a man you can say no more?
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And, ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw?
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And, ain't there a child I can hold without judging?
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Ain't there a pen that will write before they die?
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Ain't you proud that you've still got faces?
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Ain't there one damn song that can make me
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Break down and cry?
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All night
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I want the young American
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Young American, young American, I want the young American
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All right
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I want the young American, young American whoa whoa
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Young American, young American
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I want what you want
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I want what you want
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You want more
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I want you
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You want I
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I want you
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I want what you want
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But you want what you want
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You want I
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I want you
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And all I want is a young American
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Young Americans (2016 Remaster)
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