"America, Girl" lyrics

Woman
What am I supposed to do
So, you woman
To get along with you?

I read your books
And I read your poems
There's things I'll do
And there's things I won't
There's things to know
That ain't been wrote
How'm I supposed to keep on down this road?

Woman
How am I supposed to feel?
So, you woman
Is half of this even real?

I kicked the nest
And I done been stung
I can see the gallows
Where I'm gonna be hung
Maybe someday, if we're lucky, we'll find
A little bit a truth underneath the lies

I been living in you
You been living in me
I'll keep it real
You keep it free
Tell me what's gotta be so hard?
America, girl
What's going on?

Woman
Why's it gotta be so hard
So, you woman
To know who you really are?

I talked with yer ma
I talked with yer pa
I talked with the devil
I talked with God
I consulted the east
I went to the west
Nobody could tell me which way was best

I been living in you
You been living in me
I'll keep it real
You keep if free
Tell me why it's gotta be so hard?
America, girl
What's going on?

I been living in you
You been living in me
I'll keep it real
You keep if free
Tell me why it's gotta be so hard?
America, girl
What's going on?