broken american

we speak in broken american

from the inlands to the shore

from the high planes to the backends

from the mountains to the valley floor

and the streets were not paved with gold

there were men to find a wage

but now we don't know where to go

to work the livelong day

and now i got to leave this place

oh

oh

back to my sweet land

oh oh

now i've got to leave this place

oh

oh

back to my sweet land

we speak in broken american

from the inlands to the shore

they tell us how the west was won

and what to fight for

and they said they wouldn't send us far

yeah that most of us could stay

but we speak in broken american

and we got the news today

say bye bye

say bye bye

say bye bye

say bye bye

oh

oh

oh