new york 1963 - america 1968

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

the apollo theater on a 125th street

the place was closed

it was pouring rain

i had a feeling i'd go there again

the taxi driver thought i was insane

brown girl from the bronx showed me her home

we went there by subway train

she took me there time and time again

love was our sweet song's name

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

the negro was my hero and leader

his strange tasting ways. they turned me on

i tried my best to sound just like him

when he moves. he moves like lightning

across the world the news was flashed

the country's young leader was laid to rest

another ending of a new beginning

others cried. some were grinning

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

in central park the children were playing

behind the bars the tiger walked

smiling young faces of many colours

many young tongues were being talked

the garbage lying in the streets of the village

smiling face of an unknown bob dylan

she was sixteen

young and so willin'

the sudden violence of a village killin'

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

and when i got to america

i say it blew my mind

what did you do in the services?

what did i do in the services? i was a fighter pilot. yeah

that's right. but they didn't like me. they didn't want me. when i was sent overseas

the first thing they told me was: um