Bad America (Live in Rotterdam 1984) Lyrics

When I heard you
In my room last night
Lonely lemur calls
In my walls last nightWhen I was all alone
In the palm drunken night
When I was all alone
Bejeweled in the nightPulsing we are hearts
But bleeding unlike diamonds
Tying up ourselves
But bleeding unlike diamondsAnd it's bad
But, it is bad America
Under the western skyI looked up another thousand times
You colored my world violence
You made me warm when you hit me
With a nail in my armI was all alone
I could have die there
I was all alone
And I did not careBut, for a burning second

Of red love in the dark
But, for my burning hands
Grasping in the darkAnd it's bad
But, it is bad America
Under the western skyI had this girl breath
Up and down my spine
But, that was a river ago
I knew you'd come in timeI was all alone
Though it was a sea ago
I was all alone
And where did you goAnd there's vein-like children
On the waterfront
Smack-rotting faces
On the waterfrontAnd it's bad
But, it is bad America
Under the western skyAnd there's vein-like children
On the waterfront
Smack-rotting faces
On the waterfrontAnd it's bad
But, it is bad America
Under the western skyBut it is bad America
Well, alright
Songwriters
JEFFREY PIERCEPublished by
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