American Way
Julian Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter, Amir Yaghmai, Jacob Bercovici, Alex Carapetis, Jeff Kite
Well, it's true what they say
The American way
Is built on someone's tears
They alone, are the lucky ones
Take when they came
With promises made
How long? One hundred thousand years so far
Would really like to hurry things up
Like to know, better than
History, when lies began
I saw the truth, I couldn't lie
I'd take it back a thousand times
But now you've gone and thrown it all away
You are king of the world
Yet you plunder, always saying something new
Please
I can't guide them anymore
I saw what they did
Like to know, better than
Eyes that change when youth began
I saw the truth I couldn't lie
I'd give it back a thousand times
Armed a child, let her there
I saw it all pretend I had
I cared
Not at all, ooh