American Without Tears

Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening
 But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind
 On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting
 So I put on my overcoat and went down to find In
 Revlon and crimpelene they captured my heart
 To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess
 She was singing that "It's Too Late", I agreed with that part
 For two English girls who had changed their address
 Oh it seems we've been crying for years and for years
 Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
 Just American without tears
 One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend
 They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
 While the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend
 From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose
 By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren
 And returned into the dance hall she knew he was the one
 Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her
 "I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John"
 Oh it seems we've been crying for years and for years
 Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
 Just American without tears
 At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes
 Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio, G.I. brides"
 Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies
 New words for suspenders and young girls backsides
 Now I'm in America and running from you
 Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York
 And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you
 When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk
 Oh it seems we've been crying for years and for years
 Now I don't speak any English just American without tears
 Just American without tears
 Oh it seems we've been crying for years and for years
 Now I don't speak any English just American without tears
 Just American without tears