American Soil Lyrics - The Year Of No Returning - Ezra Furman

There's something in the water, something sick in the blood and the oil 

Here's the white chicken grinning, here's the serpent in a horrible coil 

Don't be scared by the stared of the peasants on the subway car 

Because the way things seem in a dream is just the way that they are 

And I can feel God taking his eyes off you, you were born for American soil 

Every race has its place, every nation fights for species survival 

I'm a Jew through and through and I'm about to write you a Bible 

Now let me take your hand and show you through the twisted hallways of the house of song 

We got the magazine wallpaper and a million dollar bills on the lawn 

And you can feel God taking his eyes off us, we were born for American soil, ah ah... 

You don't have to be clever to detect a big American sadness 

When the population rules every man has a hand in the madness 

There's a dead grove of trees you can visit on the outside of town 

And there's a desolate dust inside the cemetery settling down 

And I can feel God taking his eyes off us, we were born for American soil 

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Now we have seen every baby has to have some kind of mother and father 

But the child's gone wild and the piece has got away from the author 

If freedom isn't free all the bills must just be lost in the mail 

Because the highways are on fire and the serpent is now eating its tail 

And you can feel God taking his eyes off us, we were born for American soil 

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