it’s going down down baby up the elevator
from the balcony we’re waving at the haters
jet set daily but i’ll see you later
if you’re looking for the real thing
so won’t you step step babe into my oval office
we won’t have to worry bout economics
i’m so modest — while i’m being honest
i could be the next big thing
i’m not a king but i’m a gent
and if you let me i’ll be your president
i’ll write a speech — i’ll make it count
and we can move into my big big house
i’m not a thief, i’m not a crook
so why your best friends give me dirty looks?
i’ll prove them wrong, i have no doubt
so won’t you please just hear me out?

cuz you said you try to keep away from american boys
i said "baby what’s wrong with american boys?"
you said "they keep me up late with american music"
i’m in the foreign car bumpin erykah badu
you said you try to keep away from american boys
i said "baby what’s wrong with american boys?"
you said "they always swoop down like a peregrine falcon"
i tried to slow down, baby, but i can’t help it

you’re so sweet sweet baby sweeter than a sodapop
but your daddy’s meaner than the robocop
he don’t trust me so i wrote a song about
how i’m never gonna lay hands
let’s go downtown baby like we were petula
like my name i got it from medúlla
once i was a loser
then i left school and now i am a self-made man
i understand that you’re concerned
because i’m not quite ready for the church
and when i leave to go to war
you think that you won’t see me anymore
but i’ll be back in just a sec
to wrap my arms around your pretty neck
and if you think you’ll realize
that we are underneath the same blue sky

but you said you try to keep away from american boys……

woe is me! woe is me
i can’t bear to have another man lost at sea
he was a firework and then he met poseidon
i swore i wouldn’t love another sea plane pilot
my album got five stars so i earned my stripes
you said i know you’re pigheaded but you’re just my type
i’m singing shimmy shimmy cocopop shimmy shimmy pow
shimmy shimmy cocopop shimmy shimmy pow

cuz you said you try to keep away from american boys……

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