The New World
by X

Album: More Fun In The New World (1983)
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  • Honest to goodness
    The bars weren't open this morning
    They must have been voting for a new president or something
    Do you have a quarter?
    I said, "Yes", because I did
    Honest to goodness, the tears have been falling
    All over this country's face

    It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
    This was supposed to be the new world
    It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
    This was supposed to be the new world

    Flint Ford Auto
    Mobile, Alabama
    Windshield Wiper
    Buffalo, New York
    Gary, Indiana
    Don't forget the Motor City
    Baltimore and D.C.
    Now all we need is

    Don't forget the Motor City
    This was supposed to be the new world
    Don't forget the Motor City
    This was supposed to be the new world

    All we need is money
    Just give us what you can spare
    Twenty or thirty pounds of potatoes
    Or twenty or thirty beers
    A turkey on Thanksgiving
    Like alms for the poor
    All we need are the necessities and more

    It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
    This was supposed to be the new world
    It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
    This was supposed to be the new world

    Don't forget the Motor City
    This was supposed to be the new world
    Don't forget the Motor City
    This was supposed to be the new world Writer/s: IRA KOSLOFF, TOM PRAY, VANCE PACKARD
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • E from MichiganI love how they used the "what's his name" line rather than naming a specific president (Reagan at the time). It gives the song a timeless quality that makes it as relevant now as it was back then.
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