[ American Music von Blasters ]


 

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Well a US soldier boy on leave in West Berlin
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No music there that rocks, just a thousand violins
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He wants to hear some American Music, American Music.
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They want to hear that sound right from the USA


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Well it can be sweet and lovely, it can be hard and mean
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But one thing's for sure: it's always on the beam
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They want to hear some American Music, American Music
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They want to hear that sound right from the USA


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It's a howl from the desert, the screams from the slums
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The Mississippi rollin' to the beat of the drums
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Because they're playing American Music, American Music
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They want to hear that sound right from the USA


Bridge:
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We got the Louisiana boogie and the Delta steelblues
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Country swing and rockabilly, too
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We got jazz, country-western and Chicago blues
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It's the greatest music that you ever knew
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Well it's American Music,    it's   American Music   It's American Music   
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It's the greatest sound right from the USA 

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Well a US soldier boy has to stop right in his tracks
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When he hears that crazy beat, he turns and doubles back
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Because they're playing American Music, American Music
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The whole world digs that sound from the USA