America For Beginners

What's keeping the White House white

Is it chalk, is it fog, is it fear?

Are they staying up most of the night

And sending somebody out for a beer?

Is it bed-time for Bonzo?

Is it time for a change?

Is it flavour-free TV dinners?

It's a hard thing to take, when they make a mistake

America for Beginner.

The sound of a bell with a crack

Even the swingers are swinging right

The vigilantes are on the way back

With prime-time "fight the good fight".

What a start to a day

It starts three times with a "K"

There's no sponsored hour for sinners

They'II bring back the hot seat

And turn up the heat

America for Beginners.

That's America for Beginners.

You wear designer jeans after dark

And your shirts are sharp-cut in satin

But won't you watch out for Central Park

And apartments in uptown Manhattan.

It's a sign of the times

Better stoy out in front

Because they've only got time for the winners.

Just keep living for fun, you son of a gun

America for Beginners.

Everywhere there's stripes ond stars

Men in dark suits in unmarked cars

Sipping Jack Daniels in Third World bars

They're close to the edge,

They're as close as you can get.