Just Like the USA

By Aztec Camera

On Knife

Released on 1984

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[Verse 1]

Stuck in my beat suede shoes I can't wait

Oh, what a state to be in

I need her heart and get a Jack-jones for my sins


[Pre-Chorus]

She's gonna ditch that shining sick machine

And be speeding straight my way


[Chorus]

But I'm churning in neutral

Turning in a circle

Just like the USA


[Verse 2]

Secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive

Don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize

'Cause I know that my might could change my mind, yeah

And I'm told that by rights its not my find


[Pre-Chorus]

I'd be a tribute to temptation

In its glory and its grave


[Chorus]

But I'm churning in neutral

Turning in a circle

Just like the USA


[Verse 2]

Secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive

And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize

'Cause I know that my might could change my mind, yeah

And I'm told that by rights it's not my find


[Pre-Chorus]

I'd be a tower to your highest hopes

That no southern star could sway


[Chorus]

But I'm churning in neutral

Turning in a circle

Just like the USA


[Bridge]

I hear those rhyming bells and heed the words they say

With a string of diamelles I'll steal her heart away


[Verse 2]

'Cause I know that my might could change my mind, yeah

And I'm told that by rights its not my find


[Pre-Chorus]

And in my star-bangled sailor suit

I'd be the pioneer by day


[Chorus]

But I'm churning in neutral

Turning in a circle

Just like the USA

Churning, churning

Turning in a circle

Just like the USA