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Do you like American music
I like American music
Don't you like American music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
Did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too baby
You were born too late
I was born too soon
But every time I look at that ugly moon
It reminds me of you
It reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
Would you like to come along
But nobody would go to the prom with me baby
They didn't like American music
They never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul baby
You were born too soon
I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
We like American music
I like American music baby
Do you like American music
We like all kinds of music
But I like American music best
Baby you were born too late
And I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
I like American music
Don't you like American music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
Did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too baby
You were born too late
I was born too soon
But every time I look at that ugly moon
It reminds me of you
It reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
Would you like to come along
But nobody would go to the prom with me baby
They didn't like American music
They never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul baby
You were born too soon
I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
We like American music
I like American music baby
Do you like American music
We like all kinds of music
But I like American music best
Baby you were born too late
And I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music
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the moon pulls tides... in the lake? perhaps representative of a relationship between two people..that they attract eachother, even though they are ugly to everyone else? or maybe the lyricist poking fun with the word 'ugly'... pah i dunno.
just thought i'd share :)
It is true that you can ENJOY music without worrying much about the meaning of the lyrics. You can come to a perfectly valid meaning based on how you feel about the music and the occasional words that make it into your head. However, if you stop to think about the words you might come to a completely different meaning. A great example is REM's "The One I Love". I've heard about people playing it at their wedding because they think it is a great "love song". The lyrics are basically the opposite though.
This song works that way a bit too. Gordon seems to really love American Music in this song, but I think he's using a lot of irony here. Whenever I sing along to this I think of a character from a cheesy musical singing it, especially the prom lines. They are just so over the top and silly. At the same time though, he seem very earnest, which is what makes the song so great.
"you were born too late. I was born too soon"
Then later-
"you were born too soon. I was born too late"
and still later-
"baby you were born too late
and i was born too late"
He's not singing to the same person through the song.