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Living In The U.S.A.-Steve Miller Band-1968
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
Performer
Lonnie Turner
Lonnie Turner
Bass
James Peterman
James Peterman
Background Vocals
Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
Guitar
Steve Miller
Steve Miller
Guitar
Tim Davis
Tim Davis
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Miller
Steve Miller
Composer
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
Producer
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Producer
Sweet
Sweet
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Stand back
Stand back
[Verse 2]
Stand back
Stand back
Stand back
Stand back
[Verse 3]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
[Verse 4]
Where are you goin' to?
What are you gonna do?
Do you think that it will be easy?
Do you think that it will be pleasin'?
Hey hey
[Verse 5]
What'd you say?
I won't pay
I 'd rather play
It's my freedom
Yeah, don't worry about me, babe
I've got to be free, babe
Hey hey
[Verse 6]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
[Verse 7]
Dietician
Television
Politician
Mortician
[Verse 8]
Oh, we got to get away
Living in the U.S.A.
Come on baby
Ow
[Verse 9]
I see a yellow man, a brown man
A white man, a red man
Lookin' for Uncle Sam
To give you a helping hand
But everybody's kicking sand
Even politicians
We're living in a plastic land
Somebody give me a hand
Yeah
[Verse 10]
Oh, we're gonna make it, baby
Yeah, we're gonna shake it, baby
Oh, don't break it
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Verse 11]
Come on baby, hey
Hey
In the U.S.A. babe, yeah
[Verse 12]
Living in the U.S.A.
Don't worry about me, babe
Living in the U.S.A.
I got to be free
Come on try
You can buy it
You can leave it next week yeah
Somebody give me a cheeseburger
[Verse 13]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
Yeah, hey hey
Written by: Steve Miller

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