American Music

Well, a U.S. soldier boy

On leave in West Berlin

No music there that rocks

Just a thousand violins

They wanna hear some American music

American music

They wanna hear that sound

Right from the U.S.A

Well, it can be sweet and lovely

It can be hard and mean

One thing's for sure

It's always on the beam

They wanna hear some American music

American music

They wanna hear that sound

Right from the U.S.A

Well, it's a howl from the deserts

A scream from the slums

The Mississippi rollin'

To the beat of the drums

They wanna hear some American music

American music

They wanna hear that sound

Right from the U.S.A

We got the Louisiana boogie and the delta blues

We got country, swing and rockabilly, too

We got jazz, country western and Chicago blues

It's the greatest music that you ever knew

It's American music

It's American music

It's American music

It's that crazy sound right from the U.S.A

Well, a US soldier boy

Has to stop right in his tracks

When he hears that crazy beat

He turns and doubles back

Because they're playing American music

American music

How the whole world digs that sound

From the U.S.A