Hotdogs And Hamburgers Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

Drivin' down on a dry summer's day 

Old Route 66 and I was just a kid 

Met a pretty little Indian girl 

ALong the way 

Got her into my car 

And tried to give her a kiss 

I'll give you beads and wampum 

Whatever it takes, girl, to make you trade 

She jumped into the back seat 

And she kinda flipped her lid 

She said you're tryin' to get something for nothing 

Like the Pilgrims in the olden days 

We rode for a while till the sun went away 

And I realized it was sort of an honor 

Bein' around this girl 

I felt embarrassed 

Of what I tried to do earlier that day 

She was the saddest girl I ever knew 

She told me stories about the Indian nations 

ANd how the White man stole their lives away 

And although she kinda liked me 

She could never trust me 

And when the sun comes up 

We'd go our different ways 

CHORUS 

Now everybody has got the choice 

Between hotdogs and hamburgers 

Every one of us has got to choose 

Between right and wrong 

And givin' up or holdin' on 

So I dropped her off at some railroad crossing in Texas 

An old Indian man was waiting there 

He smiled and thanked me 

But he saw right through me 

I could tell he didn't like me 

For my kind he did not care 

Because to him I was the White man 

The one who sold him something that he already owned 

And it was like he'd been riding in the car right there with us 

And I felt ashamed of my acations 

And the way the West was really won 

So I drove down the highway 

Till I came to Los Angeles 

The town of the angels 

The best this country can do 

I got down on my knees 

And I asked for forgiveness 

I said, Lord, forgive us for we know not what we do 

CHORUS 

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