Elvis Costello - American Without Tears Lyrics

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

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

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

At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes 
Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio, G.I. brides" 
Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies 
New words for suspenders and young girls backsides 

Now I'm in America and running from you 
Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York 
And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you 
When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk 

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

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lyrics submitted on 04-07-2005
lyrics corrected on 04-07-2005