Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Mike Doughty
Canonical path: /mike-doughty/american-car
Related lyric paths: 6
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American Car
Read American Car lyrics by Mike Doughty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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American Car
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My circus train pulls through the night
Full of lions and trapeze artists
I'm done with elephants and clowns
I want to
Run away and join the office
Aimless sister, you're surrounded
Angel-faced and I'm astounded
How sweet you are
In your long, black american car
And you know just where to find me
If I don't know who you are
You will remind me
There's a girl down in the bar
A flaming star upon her shoulder
Slugging hot pink frozen drinks
To put the foot down on her smolder
Easy, cowboy, what's the rush now?
She may cleave me like a snowplow
How sweet you are
All the lazy days are gone.
Still the grind is grinding on.
Throw the memories in a drawer
Lock myself behind a door
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Mike Doughty performs "American Car", and this lyric page sits inside the Mike Doughty catalog on LyroVerse.
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