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First Aid Kit - America (Live at Polar Music Prize)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
First Aid Kit
First Aid Kit
Performer
Klara Söderberg
Klara Söderberg
Vocals
Johanna Söderberg
Johanna Söderberg
Vocals
Nathaniel Walcott
Nathaniel Walcott
Piano
Will Clifton
Will Clifton
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis
Producer
Doug Van Sloun
Doug Van Sloun
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag, ooh
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America
[Verse 2]
"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
And I've come to look for America
[Verse 3]
Laughing on the bus, playing games with our face
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, "Be careful, his bow tie is really a camera"
[Verse 4]
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago, ooh
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
[Verse 5]
"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
[Verse 6]
All come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America
Written by: Paul Simon
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