Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - I Miss America    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> I Miss America Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: I Miss America Theme ID: 6528 Album: N/A By the time I was thirteen I started taking shape. At eighteen I was so beautiful That the strangers started to gape. They said "Enter the ultimate contest If you're as gorgeous as you seem." They said "Please, please, please Be our American dream." But late that night beneath the grieving moon There's a dazzling sight in my motel room For a grunting judge with his bulging eyes I give my all for his cherished prize. Oh why, oh why? I'm Miss America Crying on TV Silver clad in satin rags, But everything's where it should be Oh say can you see, ah say can you see. After they showed me the game ball They told me put on weight. They told me I'd be powerful They told me I'd be great. And my Uncle Sam he would coach me His helmet on my head And they said "Please, please please, please Please win and beat the spread." But the new game plan that the owners had made Meant that win or lose there would be a trade. For the team's become a real gold mine And the kid's sold off for the bottom line. Oh why, oh why? Mr. America Sweating on TV The winner's joy from the battered boy For everything's where it should be Oh say can you see, ah say can you see. At last we've come together Call it marriage or civil war. If it brings us to battle, babe It must be worth our fighting for. Though today came up cloudy There will be other days. "Ah, please, please, please, please What else is there to say?" But in plywood spread By a plastic stream And in separate beds with a borrowed dream And with questions wide and the silence deep We take two pills so at last wec12 Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Legends of the Lost and Found, Let Time Go Lightly, Love Is Just Another Word, Mail Order Annie, Manhood, Mercenaries, Mismatch, Mr. Tanner, My Old Lady, Northwest 222, November Rains, Odd Job Man, Old College Avenue, Old Folkie, On The Road To Kingdom Come, One Light In A Dark Valley, Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael), Poor Damned Fool, Pretzel Man, Remember When the Music, Roll Down The River, Salt And Pepper, Sandy, Saturday Morning, Sequel, She Is Always Seventeen, She Sings Songs Without Words, Shooting Star, Short Stories, Silly Little Girl, Six String Orchestra, Sniper, Somebody Said, Someone Keeps Calling My Name, Sometime, Somewhere Wife, Song for Myself, Song Man, Star Tripper, Stop Singing These Sad Songs, Story Of A Life, Stranger with the Melodies, Sunday Morning Sunshine, Tangled Up Puppet, Taxi, The Day They Closed the Factory Down, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, The Parades Still Passing By, The Parades Still Passing By, The Rock, The Same Sad Singer, Other Harry Chapin song Lyrics 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas Lyrics A Better Place To Be Lyrics A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Lyrics A Quiet Little Love Affair Lyrics All My Lifes A Circle Lyrics And The Baby Never Cries Lyrics Anthem Lyrics Any Old Kind Of Day Lyrics Babysitter Lyrics Barefoot Boy Lyrics Basic Protest Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Harry Connick Lyrics Jr. Harry Connick Lyrics Harry James Lyrics Harry James Orchestra Lyrics Harry McClintock Lyrics Harry Mills Lyrics Harry Nilsson Lyrics Harry Potter Lyrics Harry Secombe Lyrics Harry Simeone Chorale Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy