America, Girl

Woman, what am I supposed to do?

Sweet woman, to get along with you

I read your books and I read your poems

There's things I do and there's things I won't

There's things I know that ain't been wrote

How am I supposed to keep on down this road?

Now woman, how am I supposed to feel?

Sweet woman, is half of this even real?

I kicked the nest and I done been stung

I can see the gallows where I'm gonna be hung

Maybe someday if we're lucky we'll find

A little bit of truth underneath the lies

I been livin' in you, you been livin' in me

I'll keep it real, you keep it free

Tell me why it's gotta be so hard?

America, girl, what's goin' on?

Woman, why's it gotta be so hard?

Sweet woman, to know who you really are?

I talked with your ma and I talked with your pa

I talked with the devil and I talked with God

I consulted the East and I went to the West

Nobody could tell me which way was best

I been livin' in you, you been livin' in me

I'll keep it real, you keep it free

Tell me why it's gotta be so hard?

America, girl, what's goin' on?

I been livin' in you, you been livin' in me

I'll keep it real, you keep it free

Tell me why it's gotta be so hard?

America, girl, what's goin' on?