"Oh America (1951)" lyrics

US 1951
Let me set the scene for ya...
Back when Hollywood was young
Life is easy

Harry Truman is in power
Five hundred babies born each hour
Business booms and cities tower
Life is easy

Cars and fridges, new TV's
All this fresh technology
Bigger tits on bigger screens
Life is easy

Money makes the world go round
Factories, baseball, films with sound
Unions are shouting loud
Life is easy

Shiny white suburbia
Tell me what's the secret here
We medicate our problems dear
Life is easy

New York's Broadway so alive
Writers, poets, what a hive
Arthur Miller wins the prize
Life is easy

Protestant propriety
The Christian book is all we need
Jesus loves straight families
Life is easy

World War Two weren't long ago
Still living in its shadow
Fears abroad feed fears at home
Life is easy

Now that this Cold War's begun
We're under McCarthy's thumb
Hunt the Commies, grab a gun
Life is easy

Those who fight for civil rights
Those who live an artists' life
String 'em up they could be spies
Life is easy

But let's not get too heavy now
Wave your flag and sing it loud
Be American and proud
Life is easy

Oh America
America, America, America
America, Dreams happen here
Built from the dirt
What's your America?

America, you've heard of her
Land of the free
Fight for America
America, now she's emerged
To rule the world
What's your America?

Cut the gas now let's zoom in
To studios where walls are thin
Our young starlet plays to win
Life ain't easy