I'm in the loony bin The dead fish, the air-conditioning I got a ticket for your grande finale It's a 130 in Death Valley I've been lost and double-crossed (double-crossed) Chased down, stabbed in the bloody frost I'm a lost child on your evening news (evening news) You're a queen in a castle of sugar cubes America America I've seen your guillotine (guillotine) A fat boy adrift in a limousine (limousine) Through the land of the lost Cherokee (Cherokee) Down the rivers of red majesty And I've seen your pastures of green (not a green) The crack whores, the wars on the silver screen (silver screen) Hiroshima and the lynching tree (lynching tree) It's a wonder my eyes still can see America America You give me nightmares Did you kill your son Joe Hill? The night nurse, she read me his final will I thought of running off, but where would I go? I wouldn't make it beyond Buffalo I'd miss your cowgirl kiss (cowgirl kiss) The red fangs, the lips, the avarice (avarice) It's getting high time for your grande finale (grande finale) It's a 130 in Death Valley America America You give me dreams to dream Pop-corn memories in love