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An Ex​-​American Girl (172)

from Another Year in Philadelphia by A Study in Her

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Landlocked, off maps, we’re speaking American English, we’re spending American cash. In American urban town hot coffee poured, an ex-American girl wonders, ‘Is this what she signed up for?’ Old dreams of red square never felt so far away. But we go where the party is. Yeah we go where we’re needed. So, across fabricated sidewalks (what is to be done?) to your imposter apartment (what is to be done with us?) sprawled across your imitation bed littered with microfilm, what is to be done? What is to be done with us? Maybe we’ll see each other again years later in a place thousands of miles away. But I won’t give a sign, and you won’t give a sign because we’ve been too well trained to lose it now. We’re wearing American clothes, telling American jokes, four seasons in winter snow, is this what we signed up for? We’re living an American lie, acting out for all the spies. Shoplifting American stores, is this what we joined the revolution for? In American urban town hot coffee poured, an ex-American girl wonders, ‘Is this what she joined the revolution for?’ ‘Is this what we joined the revolution for?’ ‘What did we join the revolution for?’

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from Another Year in Philadelphia, released July 31, 2007
Lyrics/vocals: L. Carscadden; backup vocals: C. Nakassis

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ASiH is Constantine Nakassis, with Philip Apostol, Andrew Black, Tamara Black, Lucas Carscadden, Julie Cousin, Shakthisree Gopalan, Michael Guggino, Alex Hedstrom, Judith Kaplan, Fluke Lemming, Magda Nakassis, Kyung Nan-Koh, Mike Mikowicz, Jonathon Moser, Justin Moyer, Elsie Muñiz, Kedarnath Sairam, Pavan Segal ... more

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