L'Amérique
Joe Dassin
America
Friends, I gotta go
I just need to toss my keys
'Cause she's been waiting since I was born
America
I’m leaving behind my way
So many things I used to love
It starts with a little bit of pain
America
But America, America
I want it and I’ll have it
America, America
If it’s a dream, I’ll know it
All the train whistles
All the boat sirens
Have sung to me a hundred times the song
Of Eldorado, of America
Friends, I say goodbye
I should shed a tear or two
Forgive me if all I see
Is America
I’ll come back, I don’t know when
Stitched in gold and embroidered in silver
Or broke as hell, but richer than before
From America
America, America
I want it and I’ll have it
America, America
If it’s a dream, I’ll know it
All the train whistles
All the boat sirens
Have sung to me a hundred times the song
Of Eldorado, of America
America, America
I want it and I’ll have it
America, America
If it’s a dream, I’ll know it
