From the recording America
Released 2025 Recorded 2018
Recorded at Chrome Orange Music Media, Mark Gaide, Engineer
John & Rain McCarthy Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Jon Claire Bass Guitar
Written by Paul Simon
Title America
Catalog Number LR-2761750
Language en
© Composition Owner JL McCarthy Music
© Year of Composition 2024
© Master Recording Owner JL McCarthy Music
© Year of Recording 2024
Universal Product Code (UPC) 990591148499
Label JL McCarthy Music
Lyrics
"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 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 come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

