I'm An American - Donovan

I’m a soldier, I’m a sailor

I’m a wise man, I’m a fool

I’m a farmer, I’m a scholar

Yet I’ve never been to school

I was born on the Bayou

I worked on Capitol Hill

My skin is multi-coloured

And my hero is a dollar bill

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American

I’m a bank in Ohio

I’m a killer on the loose

I’m a dead-beat in a diner

And I kinda like the juice

I’m a dreamer, I’m a talk show

I’m a kid in trouble-town

And I wanna be the best I can be

When the bullshit comes down

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American

I’m a saint, I’m a sinner

I’m a-really just like you

I’m a melting pot of nations

False and sometimes true

I’m looking for the answer

To the TV-Quiz of life

I wanna know the secret

Of eternal youth and strife

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American

I’m a child of the future

I’m a victim of the past

And I wanna be a part of

The things that never last

I’m a hitman, I’m a Buddha

I’m a Wrigley’s Spearment Gum

I’m an MTV, I’m a K-Mart store

I’m an indian shaman’s drum

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American

I’m a father, I’m a mother

I’m a skyscraper on speed

I’m a-only me when I wanna be

When I kinda feel the need

I’m a forest, I’m an ocean

I’m an island in the stream

I’m a king and I’m a beggar

Yeah, I’m a nightmare and a dream

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American

I’m an American

And I live in the promised land

And I’m doin' all I can

To be an American