Intro: Verse 1: Got a one-way ticket down a two way street Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet I'm just trying To make it in America Verse 2: ( Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt Faded nine-teen eighty-five from a Stones concert And I'm dying To make it in America Pre-Chorus: And I'm singing the words to my favourite song With the rag-top down and my glasses on and I'm driving Straight through America I wanna taste the sun 'Cause baby, I'm born to run I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one I, I wanna show some skin 'Cause baby, I need the ocean You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion I, wanna make it in america (ring out) make it in america Repeat intro only once Repeat verse chords to these lyrics I can see my star sunset and vine Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign Yeah I gotta, gotta make it in America See me wearing a smile even if I'm broke I'll be singing the words from a song i wrote And I called it, Make it in America Chorus I can feel the sweat dripping down my face I can hear my heart as it starts to race Yeah some-times this world's such a lonely place If I just push on I know that Chorus