Living In The Usa

Steve Miller Living In The Usa Lyrics
1.Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around

Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
Turn you 'round, turn you 'round
Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land

Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
Turn you 'round, turn you 'round
Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land

Well don't you let the policeman turn you 'round
Turn you 'round, turn you 'round
Well don't let the policeman turn you 'round
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land

Well don't let the politician turn you 'round
Slow you down, slow you down
Well don't let the politician slow you down
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land

Well don't you let the army general burn the world
Burn the world, burn the world
Well don't let the army general burn this world
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land

Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
Turn you 'round, turn you 'round
Well don't you let nobody turn you 'round
You got to keep on walkin', keep on talkin'
Marchin' to the freedom land


2.Gangster Of Love

There's frank james and jesse james
Billy the kid and all the rest
Supposed to be some bad cats
Way out in the west

If those cats could of dug me
And my gangster ways
They would have hung up their guns
And dug into their graves

Cause i'm a gangster
A gangster of love
I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
Now look here
When i go into a bar
Girls from near and far
Say i'm a gangster
A gangster of love

I jumped in my white horse cadillac
I rode across the border line
I roped 55 girls
I kissed them all the same time
Took 25 or 30, put 'em all on a freight
There was a million dollar reward for me in each and every state
Sheriff says is your name stevie 'guitar' miller in a very deep
voice
And i said yes sir brother sheriff, and that's your wife on the
back of my horse
I can't help it
I'm a gangster
I can't help it
You know, i'm a gangster


3.Living In The U.s.a.

Stand back, stand back
Stand back, stand back

Stand back, stand back
Stand back, stand back

Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.

Where are you goin' to
What are you gonna do
Do you think that it will be easy
Do you think that it will be pleasin', hey

Stand back, what'd you say
Stand back, i won't pay
Stand back, i'd rather play
Stand back

It's my freedom
Ah, don't worry 'bout me, babe
I got to be free, babe
Hey

Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.

Stand back, dietician
Stand back, television
Stand back, politician
Stand back, mortician

Oh, we got to get away
Living in the u.s.a.
Come on baby, owwww

I see a yellow man, a brown man
A white man, a red man
Lookin' for uncle sam
To give you a helpin' hand
But everybody's kickin' sand
Even politicians
We're living in a plastic land
Somebody give me a hand, yeah

Oh, we're gonna make it, baby
Oh, we're going to shake it, baby
Oh, don't break it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on baby, hey
Hey, hey
In the u.s.a., babe yeah

Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
Don't worry 'bout me, babe
Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
Living in the u.s.a.
Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
I got to be free
Doot do do do do doot doot
Living in the u.s.a.
Come on try it, you can buy it, you can leave it next week, yeah
Somebody give me a cheeseburger


4.Mary Lou

I'm gonna tell you a story
'bout ol' mary lou
I mean the kind of a girl
That make a fool of you

She make a young man old
And an old man pay
The way she took my money
Was a crying shame

Mary lou, mary lou
She took my watch and chain
Mary lou, mary lou
She took my diamond ring
She took the keys to my cadillac car
Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

Put a detective
On her trail
The post office thought
They'd chase her by the mail

She got picked up
And then was put in jail
Stroked the judge
Just to go her bail

Mary lou, mary lou
She took my watch and chain
Mary lou, mary lou
She took my diamond ring
She took the keys to my cadillac car
Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

She left detroit
To go to kalamazoo
Made her a fortune
Out of fools like you

Met her a rich man
Who was married and had some kids
Stroked that cat
Until he flipped his lid

Mary lou, mary lou
She took my watch and chain
Mary lou, mary lou
She took my diamond ring
She took the keys to my cadillac car
Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar

She came back into town
About a week ago
Told me she's sorry
She had hurt me so

I had a '65 ford
And a two dollar bill
The way she took that
Lord, it gave me a thrill

Mary lou
She took my watch and chain
Mary lou, mary lou
She took my diamond ring
She took the keys to my cadillac car
Jumped in my caddy and she drove afar


5.Motherless Children

Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone
Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone
Motherless children have a very hard time
All the weepin', all that cryin'
Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone

People say a sister will do
When the mother is gone
People say a sister will do
When the mother is gone
People say a sister will do
She'll get married, turn her back on you
Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone

Father do the best he can
When the mother is gone
Father do the best he can
When the mother is gone
Father do the best he can
But there's so many things he just don't understand
Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone

I was lookin' for some place to plead my case
And i'm standing here all alone
I was framed, the times they have change
And i don't know where i'm goin'
Motherless children have a hard time
All that weepin', all that cryin'
Motherless children have a hard time
When their mother is gone


6.Quicksilver Girl

She's a quicksilver girl
A lover of the world
She spreads her wings
And she's free

She's a quicksilver girl
A lover of the world
She's seen every branch
On the tree

Ah, ah, quicksilver girl
Ah, ah, quicksilver girl
Ah, ah, quicksilver girl
Ah, ah, quicksilver girl

Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh
If you need a little lovin'
She'll turn on the heat
If you take a fall
She'll put you back on your feet
If you're all alone
She's someone to meet
If you need someone

She's a quicksilver girl
A lover of the world
She spreads her wings
And she's free


7.Space Cowboy

I told you 'bout living in the u.s. of a.
Don't you know that i'm a gangster of love
Let me tell you people that i found a new way
And i'm tired of all this talk about love
And the same old story with a new set of words
About the good and the bad and the poor
And the times keep on changin'
So i'm keepin' on top
Of every fat cat who walks through my door

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I was born on this rock
And i've been travelin' through space
Since the moment i first realized
What all you fast talkin' cats would do if you could
You know, i'm ready for the final surprise
There ain't no way around it
Ain't nothing to say
That's gonna satisfy my soul deep inside
All the prayers and surveyors
Keep the whole place uptight
While it keeps on gettin' darker outside

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I see the show downs, slow downs, lost and found, turn arounds
The boys in the military shirts
I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies
And i don't let my friends get hurt
All you back room schemers, small trip dreamers
Better find something new to say
Cause you're the same old story
It's the same old crime
And you got some heavy dues to pay

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


8.The Joker

Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Cause i speak of the pompitous of love

People talk about me, baby
Say i'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby
Don't worry
Cause i'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home

Cause i'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo wooooo

You're the cutest thing
That i ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, i'll sure show you a good time

Cause i'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

Wooo woooo

People keep talking about me baby
They say i'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama
Cause i'm right here at home

You're the cutest thing i ever did see
Really love your peaches want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby and i'll show you a good time


9.The Lovin' Cup

My mama
She done told me
Soon you be a man
And when you find your own woman
You got to love her the best that you can

Well, if you give your love to somebody
Make sure they don't use you up
And if you get your love in return
Make sure you fill the lovin' cup

Oh, yeah
Uh-huh
La-de-ay

Well, i'm goin' to the country
Mama, don't you want to go
The sun's gonna shine in our back door
I know

Mama
She done told me
Lord, you gonna be a man
And when you find your own woman
Gotta hold to her the best that you can

I'm goin' to the country
Baby don't you want to go
The sun's gonna shine in our back door
And i know

To fill the lovin' cup
Fill the lovin' cup
Fill the lovin' cup
Oh, yeah yeah yeah


10.Your Saving Grace

Winter's people watching
As i sail from season's four
To join some crazy ladies
In a game upon the shore
None of them with broken wings
But still refuse to fly
So with sweetness on my lips
I smile a last goodbye

And now i spend my life
On the velvet side of hell
Aimlessly here searching
For what i cannot tell
The quietness is terrible
It's more than i can stand
But thousands now stand cheering
As my blood flows in the sand

Spoken: you're not the child
You thought you were
You wake up in the night
And know you're blind
And yet they keep on pushing
Trying the insides of your mind
Forever, forever arresting to control
Until the emptiness of heaven welcomes your weary soul

Rise up with the new dawn's early morning
Feel the sunshine warm upon your face
Tomorrow's come a long, long way to help you
Yes, it's your saving grace

Every day, every way
Tomorrow, it's your saving grace
Well, now got no time to worry
Cause i've got no time to hurry
Baby, it's your saving grace
Now don't you lay those blames on me
Don't you play those games on me
Cause baby it's your saving grace
You got to need a little lovin'
Now baby it's your saving grace
Hey, i feel alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Your saving grace
Ah, hey, hey, hey
Your saving grace
La la la la la la la la....
Oh baby, it's your saving grace