| «You know I just had to get outta Los Angeles man…»
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| Ooooooooooh dadadada da da Ooooooooooh dadadada da Ooooooooooh dadadada da da Ooooooooooh dadadada da Johnny left home, to seek his fame.
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| Small town boy, the streets of L.A.
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| A day-time waiter, in a night-time band.
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| Acting cool, said he was a real man.
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| Couldn’t write a song, to save his soul.
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| Ripped off an old tune, said it was his own.
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| Lo and behold, in another few days.
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| Five-Star-Dinner, that the company pays.
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| Johnny got a motor, Johnny got a guitar.
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| Johnny got a room, and a woman to pay.
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| Johnny got a big part, playing in a video.
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| Johnny on the freeway…
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| Yeah, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| You know the girl you want is such a waste of time!
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| American life in the summertime. |
| (Yeah)
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| American life in the summertime.
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| American life in the summertime, got me.
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| Ooooooooooh dadadada da da Ooooooooooh dadadada da Suzie got a rise, at work today.
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| She found the new sound, «Johnny On The Freeway».
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| Virginity blown, the minimum age.
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| Busy doing nothing, on another mans wages.
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| Blonde hair, and mystic eyes.
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| A bottle of pills, and a little on the wild side.
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| Saturday come, and Saturday go.
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| Hangin' out backstage, waiting for the show.
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| Suzie got a motor, Suzie got a guitar.
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| Suzie got a room, that the company pays.
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| A company girl, and company slave.
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| Suzie on the Freeway…
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| Awww, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| You know the girl you want is such a waste of time!
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| American life in the summertime. |
| (Yeah)
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| American life in the summertime.
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| American life in the summertime, got me.
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| It breaks my heart, to see a nation cloned, by someone else’s poetry.
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| They got their backs snapped, by 12 inch pressure, of financial bigotry.
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| You know I’ve still got pride, in who I wanna be.
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| I don’t wanna be like them, I just wanna be me.
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| A record company clone?
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| Not me!
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| I’m still singin'.
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| Ooooooooooh dadadada da da
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| (Sing everything you got!)
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| Ooooooooooh dadadada da
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| (American life in the summertime)
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| Ooooooooooh dadadada da da Ooooooooooh dadadada da American life in the summertime.
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| American life in the summertime.
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| American life in the summertime aint for me!
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| Wow!
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| Let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| You know the girl you want is such a waste of time!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| I said, the girl you want is such a waste of time!
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| American life in the summertime.
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| I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime, got me.
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| Let’s go drink till the beer runs dry!
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| American life in the summertime. |