America - Donkey Jaw Lyrics






Ah, get behind me Satan
Quit ravishing the land
Does it take the children
To make you understand?

Ah, all across the nation
People don't understand
Does it take the children
To make a better land?

Then, get behind me Satan
Quit ravishing the land

Does it take the children
To make you understand?
Does it take the children
To make a better land?





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  1. T.... D....

    OMG ! WHAT SONG ! WHAT BAND ! IRRESISTIBLE ! AMERICA AWESOME !!! LOVE FROM BRAZIL !🇧🇷♥️🇧🇷

  2. T.... D....

    Dewey Lee Bunnell is the man !! This song is Masterpiece !🇧🇷♥️

  3. A.... Z....

    Love the vibraslap on this one...

  4. a.... p....

    America , 3 real musician , one of the most underrated bands ever .Even avobe Pink floyd, Black Sabath, Hear, FLEETFOODMAC.long time Dan PEEK

  5. 6.... O....

    Timeless

  6. R.... J....

    one of my favorite bands, love this song and the cover is awesome

  7. a.... p....

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  8. A.... ....

    Ah, this is so good. Especially the instrumental ending part

  9. m.... ....

    Myself I always thought that this would be a good song about protecting the environment (I still believe this...) I was researching today the origin of the term "donkey jaw" and found this:  "Ian Samwell (the album's producer) gave it the name 'Donkey Jaw,'" says Peek. "It comes from this strange percussion instrument that you slap to make a sound that's used on this tune. The song came out of just sitting around jamming with Dewey, and he had a little lick that the whole song became based on. It was a throwaway, and I said, 'If you're gonna throw that away, let's write a song around it.' And we just started hammering away with the lyrics. It was a combination of a lot of things--it was a war-protest song, generally speaking. I felt like, Is it going to take a whole generation of children being killed for people to wake up? I don't know why Dewey sang it--it was probably my way of saying thank you for letting me steal his riff."

  10. J.... R....

    Staat niet op mijn 'best off'.
    Fenomenaal

  11. A.... S....

    Best 12 string song ever!

  12. D.... t....

    Ah, get behind me Satan
    Quit ravishing the land
    Does it take the children
    To make you understand?

    Ah, all across the nation
    People don't understand
    Does it take the children
    To make a better land?

    Then, get behind me Satan
    Quit ravishing the land

    Does it take the children
    To make you understand?
    Does it take the children
    To make a better land?

    D.... t....

    Thanks !!

  13. d.... 2....

    amazing..