Lyrics

Looking for America

Miles of highway burn under reddened sky
I see the sun blaze as it dances in your eyes
Truth be told I don’t know where we’re gonna sleep tonight
And tonight could be the last night of our lives
So close your eyes and I’ll dream a dream for you
I’ll be your hearts desire
I’ll make your wildest dreams come true

And I promised I’d take you there
Gonna wake up in america
If we’re gonna make it anywhere
Gonna make it in america
And I promised I’d take you there

We’re just looking for America
We’re just looking for America
Out there

He had always maintained we was young and fine and able
He gripped my hand so tight that night he slipped the gun across the table
He says now life sure ain’t easy honey-baby when you’re living off the law
But he swears he loves me mama, sings that song, “I just couldn’t love you more”
So close your eyes and I’ll dream a dream for you

I’ll be your hearts desire
I’ll make your wildest dreams come true
Please close your eyes ‘cause I don’t know what to do
And if I close my eyes will you dream a dream for me too?

And I promised I’d take you there
Gonna wake up in america
If we’re gonna make it anywhere
Gonna make it in america
And I promised I’d take you there

We’re just looking for America
We’re just looking for America
I swear

And if we took the money, if we took the money, if we took the money and run
And if we took the money, if we took the money, if we took the money and run
And if we took the money, we’re not going back, back where we were then

We’re not going back where we were then
And if we took the money, we’re not going back, no, no not again
And if we took the money we’d be running for our lives

And if we took the money we’d be running for our lives