America (1993‐10‐22, New York City, NY, USA) Songtext
von Simon & Garfunkel

Let us be lovers, we′ll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I′ve gone to look for America


Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said, "The man in the gabardine suit was a spy"
I said, "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera"

Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
"I′m empty and aching and I don′t know why"
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America