Got a one way ticket down a 2 way street

Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet 

I'm just trying to make it in America 

Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt 

Faded 1985 from a stones concert 

And I'm dying to make in America 

And I'm singing the words to my favorite song

With the rag top down and my glasses on 

And I'm driving straight through America 

 

I wanna taste the sun 

Baby I'm born [bad word] 

I got a feeling that imp not the only one

I, I wanna show some skin 

Yeah baby I need the ocean 

And you can stop me now I've got my heart in motion 

I want to make it in America

Make it in America 

 

I can see my star sunset and vine

Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign 

Yeah I gotta, gotta make it in America 

See me wearin a smile, even if I'm broke

I'll be singing the words from a song I wrote 

And I called it make it in America 

 

I wanna taste the sun 

Baby I'm born [bad word] 

I got a feeling that I'm not the only one

I, I wanna show some skin 

Baby I need the ocean 

And you can stop me now I've got my heart in motion 

I wanna make it in America

Make it in America 

 

I can feel the sweat dripping down my face 

I can hear my heart as it starts to race 

Yeah sometimes this worlds such a lonely place 

If I just push on I know that 

 

I wanna taste the sun 

Baby I'm born [bad word] 

I got a feeling that I'm not the only one

I, I wanna show some skin 

Baby I need the ocean 

And you can stop me now I've got my heart in motion 

I wanna make it in America

Make it in America