American Beat '84

Feel that the beats back and play it that it happened that way
 But you know that to us it was always there anyway
 In Boston or New York or way out like in L.A.
 Can you hear the American sound
 Have your heard the American sound
 Don't want to hear you put it down
 I'd like to hear it on the radio in my home town
 Every summer there's a number that I wanna hear the DJ play
 In my room or at the shore man you know it's gonna sound OK
 From Boston to Miami or way out in Malibu Bay
 Can you hear the American sound
 Have your heard the American sound
 Don't want to hear you put it down
 Hear it on the radio in my home town
 Never lose that, lose that beat
 Never lose that, lose that beat
 Never lose that, lose that beat
 Never lose that, lose that beat
 From Boston to Miami or way out in Malibu Bay
 Can you hear the American sound
 Have your heard the American sound
 Don't want to hear you put it down
 I wanna make that clear in every town
 Hear that the beats back and play it that it happened that way