American Without Tears

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Outside in New Orleans the heat 
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was almost frightening
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But my hotel room as usual was 
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freezing and unkind
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On TV they prosecute anyone who's 
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exciting
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So I put on my overcoat and went 
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down to find
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In Revlon and Crimpelene they 
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captured my heart
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To the strain of a piano and a 
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cocktail murderess
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She was singing that "It's Too 
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Late", I agreed with that part
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For two English girls who had 
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changed their address

[chorus:]
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Now it seems we've been crying for 
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years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English, just
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 American without tears
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Just American without tears

One had been a beauty queen and the 
other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals 
and showbiz impresarios
While the boys were licking Hitler 
they had something to defend
>From men armed with chewing gum and
 fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as they sounded
 the siren
And returned into the dancehall she 
knew he was the one
Though he wasn't tall or handsome 
she laughed when he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and 
this is Little John"

[chorus]
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At a dock in Southampton full of 
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tearful goodbyes
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Newsreel commentators said 
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"Cheerio, G.I. brides"
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Soon they'll be finding the cold 
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facts and lies
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New words for suspenders and young 
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girls backsides
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Now I'm in America and running 
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from you
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Like my grandfather before me 
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walked the streets of New York
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And I think of all the women I 
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pretend mean more than you
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When I open my mouth and I can't 
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seem to talk

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Now it seems we've been crying for 
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years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English just 
American without tears

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Just American without tears