The Duke & The King - One More American Song lyrics

If I had a cinder block For every lie I told, I could have built us a house, fine as any city block, To keep us out of the cold Cause the winter s long, And longer in this sh**ty town, With a gas can rusting down the street And the cherry trees, And every boom-box playing loud We'd sing along, We'd sing till dawn, Just one more American Song John was a quiet boy in school, Johnny had the fiery red hair, Well he went in the army like a lot of them do, And he gut f**ed up over there And if you see him now he pushes a shopping cart in the parking lot And if you call him he don't hear a thing Call him john the priest, John the king of bottle tops Priest or pawn, His war is still on, It's just one more American song There's a place I heard about once, A place called Union Street A place on high, A place where we could all be one, And it sounded pretty good to me But ain't no gasoline gonna take us back that way again When the years have rusted out our fenders When our jeans were torn And we were all the best of friends And the music sewed us together I can hear that band, They're near at hand, And I really hope it's the wind again Don't be long boys, Cause something's gone, One more American song Don't be long boys, I'm hanging on For just one more American song It's been too long boys, something's gone, One more American song