Living In America ((aka Living With A Hernia (by "Weird Al" Yankovic) - 1986))
Composer(s): Charlie Midnight - Dan Hartman
First release by: James Brown - 1985
Covered by multiple other artists



Yeah, uh! Get up, now! Ow! Knock out this!

Super highways, coast to coast
easy to get anywhere
On the transcontinental overload
just slide behind the wheel
How does it feel

When there's no destination - that's too far
And somewhere on the way
you might find out who you are

Living in America - eye to eye, station to station
Living in America - hand to hand, across the nation
Living in America - got to have a celebration

Rock my soul

Smokestack, fatback
many miles of railroad track
All night radio, keep on runnin'
through your rock 'n' roll soul
All night diners keep you awake
hey, on black coffee and a hard roll

You might have to walk the fine line
you might take the hard line
But everybody's working overtime

Living in America - eye to eye, station to station
Living in America - hand to hand, across the nation
Living in America - got to have a celebration

I live in America, help me out
but I live in America
wait a minute

You might not be looking for the promised land
but you might find it anyway
Under one of those old familiar names
Like New Orleans (New Orleans)
Detroit City (Detroit City), Dallas (Dallas)
Pittsburg P.A. (Pittsburg P.A.)
New York City (New York City)
Kansas City (Kansas City)
Atlanta (Atlanta), Chicago and L.A.

Living in America - hit me
Living in America - yeah
I walk in and out
Living in America

I live in America - state lines
gonna make the prime, that
I live in America - hey
I know what it means, I

Living in America - Eddie Murphy, eat your heart out
Living in America - hit me, I said now, eye to eye, station to station
Living in America - so nice, with your bare self
Living in America - I feel good!