Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years
By a bicycle factory, as they sounded the siren
So I put on my overcoat and went down to find
They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend
Now I'm in America and running from you
From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose
In Revlon and Crimpelene, they captured my heart
Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York
Newsreel commentators said, "Cheerio, G.I. brides"
On TV, they prosecute anyone who's exciting
For two English girls who had changed their address
She was singing that, 'It's Too Late', I agreed with that part
Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years
To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess
When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk
Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies
Just American without tears
And I think of all the women, I pretend mean more than you
And returned into the dance hall, she knew he was the one
While the boys were licking Hitler, they had something to defend
Now I don't speak any English just American without tears
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears
Though he wasn't tall or handsome, she laughed when he told her
New words for suspenders and young girls backsides
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John"
At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes
