Looking out a dirty old windowDown below the cars in the city go rushing byI sit here alone and I wonder whyFriday night and everyone's movingI can feel the heat but it's soothing, heading downI search for the beat in this dirty town
Downtown the young ones are goingDowntown the young ones are growing
We're the kids in America (whoa)We're the kids in America (whoa)Everybody live for the music-go-round
Bright lights, the music gets fasterLook, boy, don't check on your watch, not another glanceI'm not leaving now, honey, not a chanceHot-shot, give me no problemsMuch later, baby, you'll be saying never mindYou know life is cruel, life is never kind
Kind hearts don't make a new storyKind hearts don't grab any glory
We're the kids in America (whoa)We're the kids in America (whoa)Everybody live for the music-go-round
La la la la-la la-aLa la la la-la la (sing)La la la la-la la-aLa la la la-la la
Come closer, honey, that's betterGot to get a brand new experience, feeling rightOh, don't try to stop, baby, hold me tightOutside a new day is dawningOutside suburbia's sprawling everywhereI don't want to go, baby
New York to east CaliforniaThere's a new wave coming, I warn ya
We're the kids in America (whoa)We're the kids in America (whoa)Everybody lives for the music-go-round
La la la la-la la-aLa la la la-la la (sing)La la la la-la la-aLa la la la-la la
We're the kidsWe're the kidsWe're the kids in AmericaWe're the kidsWe're the kidsWe're the kids in AmericaWe're the kidsWe're the kidsWe're the kids in America