IN AMERICA THE OTHER DAY

from OUT OF THY STAR by The Ophelias

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Track: 17
Title: IN AMERICA THE OTHER DAY
Authorship: Medford/Ross-Marrs
Publishing: BrowBeat Music, BMI
Recording date: 11 October 1986
Recording place: Dancing Dog Studios, Emeryville, CA
Recording engineer: David Bryson – 8 track
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 03:14
First appeared on: The Ophelias.
Released 25 March 1987

Leslie Medford : vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, the marching box
Terry von Blankers : bass guitar, vocals
Geoffrey Armour : drums, vocals

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IN AMERICA THE OTHER DAY

I walked into a room the other day
Off a main street in the U.S.A.
It was full of Vietnamese
In America the other day.
Some were standing, some were sitting.
Only one spoke English, and he was asleep.
I walked into a room in America the other day.

Nobody moved or snored
Stood and stared in America the other day
I couldn’t speak the language
In America the other day
In a room on a back street in a city on the coast.

I talked to a white racist
The other night on a bus
In America the other day
I talked to a white racist
The faces of races turned
The white man went on
In America the other day

The bus was driving through the night
White racist lost
Missed his stop (didn’t know it)
In America the other day
Went too far down the road
In America the other day
Could have been anywhere the other day
Should have been a long time ago
In America the other day
Could have been anywhere the other day
On a bus on a boulevard in a city on the coast
Could have been anywhere in America the other day
In America the other day.

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from OUT OF THY STAR, released November 23, 2020

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