Compositor:
Paul Simon
- Foi gravada em 1 de fevereiro de 1968, no Columbia Studio A, em New York City e lançada em 3 de abril de 1968 no disco Bookends.
- Fala sobre um casal indo conhecer os Estados Unidos pedindo carona. Foi inspirada nuam viagem que Paul Simon fez com sua namorada Kathy Chitty em 1964.
- Foi regravada entre outros pelo Yes, David Bowie, America, First Aid Kit, Sting e U2.
A letra:
Let us be lovers,
we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
And we walked off to look for America
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
And we walked off to look for America
Cathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America
Laughing on the bus,
playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, be careful, his bow tie is really a camera
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, be careful, his bow tie is really a camera
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery
She read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
Cathy, I'm lost, I
said though I knew she was sleeping
And I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America
And I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America
A versão de
Simon and Garfunkel ao vivo:
A versão de
David Bowie:
A versão de
First Aid Kit:
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