The song has been regarded as one of Simon's strongest songwriting efforts and one of the duo's best songs. A 2014 Rolling Stone reader's poll ranked it the group's fourth best song.
Background
"America" was inspired by a five-day road excursion Simon undertook in September 1964 with his girlfriend Kathy Chitty. Producer Tom Wilson had called Simon back to the United States to finalize mixes and artwork for their debut studio album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Simon, living in London at the time, was reluctant to leave Chitty, and invited her to come with him, forgetting the album and spending five days driving the country together. Several years later, "America" was among the last songs recorded for Bookends, when production assistant John Simon left Columbia Records, forcing Simon, Garfunkel, and producer Roy Halee to complete the record themselves. In 2004, Bob Dyer, a former disc jockey from Saginaw, Michigan, explained the song's genesis in an interview with The Saginaw News. According to Dyer, Simon wrote the song while visiting the town in 1966, when he booked him for Y-A-Go-Go, a concert series hosted by the Saginaw YMCA.
“America” by Simon & Garfunkel
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Lyrics:
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
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...
published: 19 May 2017
Simon & Garfunkel - America (from The Concert in Central Park)
"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Lyrics:
"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 ci...
published: 25 Aug 2015
Simon & Garfunkel - America (Lyrics)
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Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune (from The Concert in Central Park)
"American Tune" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Chorus:
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
A...
America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100......A readers poll by Rolling Stone Magazine rated it as the number four best by the duo.......It is a song about a couple seeking America during a period of restlessness and confusion during troubling times in America,.....sounds like today in our history
America
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
Kathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike f...
published: 17 Jan 2017
America (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)
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published: 09 Dec 2020
David⚡️Bowie - America (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
A song by Simon & Garfunkel performed by David Bowie on The Concert for New York City in 2001.
A self made clip created entirely from the footage of the original video by means of rearranging it.
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“America” by Simon & Garfunkel
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“America” by Simon & Garfunkel
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Lyrics:
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
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #FolkRock
“America” by Simon & Garfunkel
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Lyrics:
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
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #FolkRock
"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Lyrics:
"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 pies
And walked off to look for America
"Kathy," 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 bowtie 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
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #TheConcertInCentralPark
"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Lyrics:
"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 pies
And walked off to look for America
"Kathy," 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 bowtie 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
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #TheConcertInCentralPark
"American Tune" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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"American Tune" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Chorus:
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
For we've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
and sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all, I'm trying to get some rest
#SimonAndGarfunkel #AmericanTune #TheConcertInCentralPark
"American Tune" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Chorus:
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
For we've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
and sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all, I'm trying to get some rest
#SimonAndGarfunkel #AmericanTune #TheConcertInCentralPark
America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in...
America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100......A readers poll by Rolling Stone Magazine rated it as the number four best by the duo.......It is a song about a couple seeking America during a period of restlessness and confusion during troubling times in America,.....sounds like today in our history
America
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
Kathy, 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
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
Kathy, 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
America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100......A readers poll by Rolling Stone Magazine rated it as the number four best by the duo.......It is a song about a couple seeking America during a period of restlessness and confusion during troubling times in America,.....sounds like today in our history
America
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
Kathy, 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
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
Kathy, 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
A Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel – Duo Graceland
Live at the Kangaroo Studios!
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https://www.facebook.com/simonandgarfunkelduo
https:/...
A Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel – Duo Graceland
Live at the Kangaroo Studios!
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Recording / Mixing: Thomas Mark
Kangaroo Studios
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https://www.facebook.com/KangarooDigitalAudio
A Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel – Duo Graceland
Live at the Kangaroo Studios!
www.simonandgarfunkelduo.de
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Recording / Mixing: Thomas Mark
Kangaroo Studios
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https://www.facebook.com/KangarooDigitalAudio
A song by Simon & Garfunkel performed by David Bowie on The Concert for New York City in 2001.
A self made clip created entirely from the footage of the origina...
A song by Simon & Garfunkel performed by David Bowie on The Concert for New York City in 2001.
A self made clip created entirely from the footage of the original video by means of rearranging it.
More Bowie stuff on my older channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shaxan
A song by Simon & Garfunkel performed by David Bowie on The Concert for New York City in 2001.
A self made clip created entirely from the footage of the original video by means of rearranging it.
More Bowie stuff on my older channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shaxan
“America” by Simon & Garfunkel
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Lyrics:
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
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #FolkRock
"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Lyrics:
"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 pies
And walked off to look for America
"Kathy," 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 bowtie 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
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
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
#SimonAndGarfunkel #America #TheConcertInCentralPark
"American Tune" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Chorus:
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
For we've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
and sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all, I'm trying to get some rest
#SimonAndGarfunkel #AmericanTune #TheConcertInCentralPark
America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100......A readers poll by Rolling Stone Magazine rated it as the number four best by the duo.......It is a song about a couple seeking America during a period of restlessness and confusion during troubling times in America,.....sounds like today in our history
America
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
Kathy, 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
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
Kathy, 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
A Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel – Duo Graceland
Live at the Kangaroo Studios!
www.simonandgarfunkelduo.de
https://www.facebook.com/simonandgarfunkelduo
https://www.instagram.com/simonandgarfunkelduo/
Recording / Mixing: Thomas Mark
Kangaroo Studios
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https://www.facebook.com/KangarooDigitalAudio
A song by Simon & Garfunkel performed by David Bowie on The Concert for New York City in 2001.
A self made clip created entirely from the footage of the original video by means of rearranging it.
More Bowie stuff on my older channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shaxan
The song has been regarded as one of Simon's strongest songwriting efforts and one of the duo's best songs. A 2014 Rolling Stone reader's poll ranked it the group's fourth best song.
Background
"America" was inspired by a five-day road excursion Simon undertook in September 1964 with his girlfriend Kathy Chitty. Producer Tom Wilson had called Simon back to the United States to finalize mixes and artwork for their debut studio album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Simon, living in London at the time, was reluctant to leave Chitty, and invited her to come with him, forgetting the album and spending five days driving the country together. Several years later, "America" was among the last songs recorded for Bookends, when production assistant John Simon left Columbia Records, forcing Simon, Garfunkel, and producer Roy Halee to complete the record themselves. In 2004, Bob Dyer, a former disc jockey from Saginaw, Michigan, explained the song's genesis in an interview with The Saginaw News. According to Dyer, Simon wrote the song while visiting the town in 1966, when he booked him for Y-A-Go-Go, a concert series hosted by the Saginaw YMCA.