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Young Americans [Dick Cavett Show]
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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
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He frowns, gee my life's a funny thing
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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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Young American, young American
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She wants the young American
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All night
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Scanning life through the picture windows
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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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He 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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Young American, young American
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She wants the young American
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All night
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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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Young American, young American
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He wants the young American
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All right
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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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Or even yesterday?
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Have you been a hung 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-Sheeners
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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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Young American, young American
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He wants the young American
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All right
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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?s 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 shake
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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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Young American, young American
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I want the young American
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All night
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Young American, young American
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I want the young American
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All night
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Young American, young American
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I want the young American
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All night
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Young American, young American
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I want the young American
David Bowie imitates Mick Jagger!!
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