My Erziehung

My America, on a Sunday
Standing in it all
So they all say

My America, on a Sunday
Standing on one leg
So they all sway

My America, on a Sunday
Standing in the sun
So we all may

Let it down
Let it down
Let it down
Let it down

Nineteen hundred forty-one
Came across the war with them

And nineteen hundred forty-two
Second year of war with you

And nineteen hundred forty-three
Came across the sea to me

And nineteen hundred forty-five
Skipped a year, I feel alive

It ain't in what you do to me
Ain't in how you're taking me
It ain't inside my family
It ain't inside a belly

It ain't in how you see me live
Ain't in if you'll take a hint
It ain't in what you said, oh oh

Oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

My America, on a Sunday
Quiet, concentrate
They sat him to sound gay

My America, on a Sunday
So deep in my blood
The price I will pay

My America, on a Sunday
Standing on one leg
So we all sway

To let it down
Let it down, oh oh
Gonn' let it down
Let it down

Nineteen hundred sixty-one
Came across and had some fun

And nineteen hundred sixty-two
Came across the feud with you

And nineteen hundred sixty-three
Saw it in my family

And nineteen hundred sixty-four
Came across the fourth floor

It ain't in what you say to me
Ain't in how you're taking me
It ain't inside my family
It ain't in what you do to me

It ain't in what you say to live
Ain't in if you'll walk a minute
It ain't in what you said, oh oh

Oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

My America, on a Sunday
Breathin' in so hot
So we all flay

My America, on a Sunday
Standing on one leg
So we all sway

My America, on a Sunday
Holding on again
I'll miss my last day

To let it down
(My America, on a Sunday)
To let it down, oh oh
Gonna let it down
(My America, on a Sunday)
Red, white, blue

Nineteen hundred sixty-nine
Came across, feelin' fine

And nineteen hundred seventy
Taken what you see in me

And nineteen hundred sixty-three
See it in my family

Taken what you mean to me
Sides have turned and taken me

It ain't in how you feel to me
Ain't in if you're taking me
It ain't inside my family
Besides the war, it took from me

It ain't in what you say to live
Ain't in if you're gonna win
It ain't in what you're feeling now
Ain't in how I break it down

(My America, on a Sunday)
Say, hello and lo me
Say, hello and lo me
Hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me

(My America, on a Sunday)
Say, hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me
Hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me, say

(My America, on a Sunday)
Say, hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me

(My America, on a Sunday)
Say, hello and lo me, hey
Hello and lo me
Hello and lo me, hey

(My America, on a Sunday)
Red, white, blue
Red, white, blue

(My America, on a Sunday)
Re-red, white, blue, blue, blue
Red, white, blue