If you will permit me / I will speak in English 

I’m American /  that’s all I know for now 

And if I get excited /  at the sight of blood and money 

It’s a reflex action I witnessed as a child
 

But I’m learning other ways
 

Meanwhile we / do the boogaloo / do the hippy-shake 

Dance the oak-tree /  and get on up 

Waltzing Matilda’s got nothing on me / we invented the two-step /  didn’t we? 

 

Now that you have got with the rhythm / turn your heart to steel 

Just for a moment / see how it feels

Armys are willing / to march on the beat

Seems only natural



But I'm learning other ways



Meanwhile we / do the boogaloo / do the hippy-shake 

Dance the oak-tree /  and get on up 

 

At times like these / it’s good to discuss 

Just before we do the things we must / do to you 

Just remember that it’s all we see / it’s all we know 

We’re from the same planet / sometimes it just don’t show

 

But I’m learning other ways.

Ó Greg Alexander


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