The Man Who Built America

Horslips

Compositor: Barry Devlin / Charles O'Connor / Eamon Carr / Jim Lockhart / John Fean

See him driving those golden nails
That hold together the silver bars
That one day gonna take us to the stars
'Cause he's the man who built America

See him walking the golden wire
A million miles from his starting place
And see the world reflected in his face
'Cause he's the man who built America

You coloured kids on the border line
And all you golden children of the Sun
He's father to you each and everyone
'Cause he's the man who built America

Building them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Well, he builds them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Not him, not the man who built America

In every precinct a golden mile
In every doorway stands heart's desire
But see him crouching running through the fire
'Cause he's the man who built America

You kill the rich and you con the poor
You stalk the streets with your 45's
But no-one's going to take the man alive
'Cause he's the man who built America

Building them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Well, he builds them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Not him, not the man who built America

See him driving those golden nails
That hold together the silver bars
That one day gonna take us to the stars
'Cause he's the man who built America

Building them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Well, he builds them up, your dreams
Tell me, who's gonna knock them down (your dreams)
Never him, not the man who built America

Never him, not the man who built America