Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - What Made America Famous    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> What Made America Famous Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: What Made America Famous Theme ID: 6601 Album: N/A It was the town that made America famous. The churches full and the kids all gone to hell. Six traffic lights and seven cops and all the streets kept clean. The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doing well. They were the folks that made America famous. The local fire department stocked with shorthaired volunteers. And on Saturday night while America boozes The fire department showed dirty movies, The lawyer and the grocer seeing their dreams Come to life on the movie screens While the plumber hopes that he won't be seen As he tries to hide his fears and he wipes away his tears. But something's burning somewhere. Does anybody care? We were the kids that made America famous. The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to dispair. We were lazy long hairs dropping our, lost confused, and copping out. Convinced our futures were in doubt and trying not to care. We lived in the house that made America famous. It was a rundown slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town. We hippies and some welfare cases, Croweded families of coal black faces, Cramped inside some cracked old boards, The best that we all could afford But still to nice for the rich landlord To tear it down and we could hear the sound Of something burning somewhere. Is anybody there? We all lived the life that made America famous. Our cops would make a point to shadow us around our town. And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door. America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud. And then came the night that made America famous. Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke. In the tinder box trap that we hippies lived in someo Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Hes My Guy, Hes My Guy, I Cant Begin to Tell You, I Dont Want to Walk Without You, I Had the Craziest Dream, Ill Get By, Im Always Chasing Rainbows, Im Beginning to See the Light, Ive Heard That Song Before, Ill Buy That Dream, Ill Get By, Im Beginning To See The Light, Its Been a Long, Long Time, Mister Five by Five, Oh, But I Do!, One Dozen Roses, Sleepy Lagoon, This Is Always, I Had The Craziest Dream, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Big Rock Candy Mountains, In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, Fifty-Second Street, 1941, Alimony, Ambush, As I Wander Lonely, At My Front Door, Best Friend (The Courtship Of Eddies Father), Coconut, Cuddly Toy, Daybreak, Everybodys Talkin, Everybodys Talkin, Everybodys Talkin Echoes, Everybodys Talking At Me, Everybodys Talkin, Everybodys Talking, Good Old Desk, Gotta Get Up, I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York, I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City, Id Rather Be Dead, Id Rather Be Dead, Joy, Jump into the Fire, Many Rivers To Cross, Me and My Arrow, Miss Butters Lament, Mr. Bojangles, 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