The Auteurs - American Guitars

They were failing dutifully If you're going to fail at all Failing came more easily Than it did to us all And I wanted to be there See them again It was easy to see they were The best band to be in I gave up drugging When you spiked my drink Stopped freeloading When I could not get in I gave up singing When I was told I could not dance Knew my place in the world When I heard them start American guitars American guitars American guitars American guitars Woke up Sunday morning With a hole The size of my pool Couldn't believe I'd grown so ugly Couldn't believe I'd been so cruel I should've set back Thought about their past East coast to west coast How they'd struggled For their art Some people Are born to write Some people Are born to dance Thought I knew My place in the world Thought I knew my art Glad to be there, see them begin It was easy to see them They were the best band to be in American guitars American guitars American guitars American guitars They were the real Europeans In clubs across the land People held a vigil They were the best laid French band