[Verse 1]
I'm looking outside of my window
The view that I see
Is a child and mama
And the child is begging for money
Tell me why, tell me why the woman is blind
Is she so broke the kid's dealing crime?
It's such a beautiful city
But the world is burning it down
[Chorus]
Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya
Ya ya, ya ya ya
It's such a beautiful city
But the world is burning it down
[Verse 2]
I go to my room to turn on the TV
I sit myself down
And I start laughing hard
'cause this man, he's asking for money
He says, "If you send me lots of cash
"I'll send you stuff to make you rich fast"
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
[Chorus]
Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya
Ya ya, ya ya ya
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
Ah, ya ya, ya ya ya ya
Ya ya, ya ya ya
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A
[Bridge]
One day I'm gonna have lots of money
But I'm gonna have to give it up for this rich society, oh-whoa
Oh please, Mr. President
Won't you lend me a future?
'cause you'll just get it back
From the little blind woman with the kid on the corner
And the people all over, doin' crack
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah
It's such a wonderful country
But the man he's burning it down
Sing it
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A
Ooooo
Mm-mm-mm-mmm-mm
[Verse 3]
I'm walking outside on a sunny day
With no one around
And I wonder what's wrong
Then I hear this loud piercing siren
Oh my god, the bomb has just dropped
And everybody climbed right on top
Screaming "What a wonderful country
"But the man, he's burning it down
"He's burning it down"
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah
It's such a wonderful country
But the man, he's burning it down
He's burning it down
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah
And it's burning down
And it's called the US of A
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah, ah-yeah yeah yeah)
Lyrics provided by LRCLIB