Lyrics American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin
New
York
City
rain
Don′t
know
if
it's
makin′
me
Dirty
or
clean
Went
for
the
subway
but
there
was
no
train
And
the
tunnel
was
grumbling
for
repairs
again
And
the
sign
says
welcome
to
American
Jerusalem
I've
been
around
You
could
spend
forever
Makin'
a
friend
in
this
town
All
you
get
to
do
Is
lay
your
dollar
down
Until
you′re
stumbling
drunk
up
the
stairs
again
And
the
sign
says
welcome
to
American
Jerusalem
In
the
temples
of
American
Jerusalem
They
buy
an
ounce
of
South
African
gold
They
don′t
care
who
was
bought
or
sold
Or
who
died
to
mine
it
In
the
temples
of
American
Jerusalem
They
buy
an
ounce
of
Marseille
white
Somewhere
on
a
street
with
no
light
Somebody
dies
tryin'
it
Then
somewhere
in
a
crowd
Lookin′
that
kinda
way
That'll
make
you
turn
around
There′ll
be
somebody
who
knows
What
it's
about
And
he′ll
take
the
ribbons
from
your
hair
again
And
welcome
you
to
American
Jerusalem
In
the
alleys
of
American
Jerusalem
The
homeless
lie
down
at
the
dawn
The
pretty
people
wonder
what
they're
on
And
how
they
afford
it
In
the
ashes
of
American
Jerusalem
The
prophets
live
their
deaths
out
on
the
corner
The
pretty
people
say
there
should've
been
a
warnin′
But
nobody
heard
it
Then
shadows
lick
the
sun
The
streets
are
paved
with
Footsteps
on
the
run
Somebody
musta
got
double
′Cuz
I
got
none
I
forgot
to
collect
my
share
again
So
go
west
to
breathe
the
cleansing
air
again
Go
Niagara
for
your
honeymoon
again
Go
on
the
road
if
you're
gonna
sing
your
tune
again
Go
out
to
sea
and
learn
to
be
a
man
again
Until
you
come
on
home
to
American
Jerusalem
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