Killing Joke - America Lyrics






I can survive the rat race honey
Time is money and money is honey, honey
My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

The quality of life filled us all with pride
America
And as I watched I just cried and cried
How I love America

I will buy you rich perfumes
And we will eat the finest foods
A mansion in New England
A silver dollar for every child
Where everybody has got their price
They'll sustain our way of life
You and I will fly to Rio
I'll make you feel like a millionaire

I can survive the rat race honey
Time is money and money is honey, honey
My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

The quality of life filled us all with pride
America
And as I watched I just cried and cried
How I love America

West is best and might is right
And with our allies - fight the good fight
A first class, five star enterprise
Now everybody's got to compromise
My moral code's on overload
Liberty still takes its toll
Take a look at the losers wasting in the bars
Where they cut their losses!

I can survive the rat race honey
Time is money, and money is honey, honey
My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

The quality of life filled us all with pride
America
And as I watched I just cried and cried
How I love America

There were fireworks in the Gulf
There was champagne at home - How I love America
But showbiz and Hollywood still shouted out - America





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  1. z.... z....

    I can't believe Conan O'Brian had such a radically political past....

  2. A.... S....

    It's a love/hate song toward us but I get it

  3. I.... ....

    Musically this is far from Killing Joke's quality stuff with Geordie's guitar reduced to the background. However, lyrically this song hasn't aged at all.

  4. W.... F....

    Cool song, cool band and I liked the cheerleaders in the video, too.

  5. j.... b....

    Please!!!! No!!!!! America!!!!! Please dont kick my ass America!!!!!!!

  6. P.... N....

    Is that Eugene Levy on vocals?

    P.... N....

    No it's Jaz Coleman

  7. G.... C....

    sounds very much like midnight oil with synths....i like!

  8. R.... P....

    Love how manic Jaz's eyes are in this video, cracking tune from a sub par album

  9. S.... N....

    Miss their Darkwave/Synth-pop era

  10. e.... ....

    Nirvana saw this and decided to put cheerleaders in their video.

  11. D.... S....

    Many people think that America is evil. Evil - is Putin's Russia. I say this as a person who suffered from Russian aggression. They stole the Crimean peninsula from my country, they started a war in the east of Ukraine, they took the lands from Georgia, Moldova, everywhere where the bastard Putin - war, killings and poverty! Remember these words!

  12. F.... O....

    In terms of style this video is a masterpiece. And in terms of lyrics, this song is still as relevant as when it was made.

  13. W.... ....

    Good song. I like the Outside the Gate album, although I can't think of it as Killing Joke. More a Jaz Coleman project.

  14. D.... S....

    Truth,sadly nothing change

  15. P.... M....

    We all living in America, made in China ruled by Israel

  16. P.... S....

    KJ go pop! Very interesting period.

  17. J.... L....

    Was brought up on KJ with both parents being punks! Ahead of their time and clued up regarding this Satanic World we live in!

  18. K.... X....

    VOTE ELIZABETH WARREN in 2020, then we EAT THE RICH!

  19. B.... ....

    who's the black guy?

  20. J.... P....

    Even more relevant today than when it was released.

  21. 6.... ....

    4 July 2019 and I'm jamming this at full volume with no regrets.

  22. N.... 8....

    I absolutely love this song and video. Nailed it. Nice pot shots at 80’s America that is still so very relevant today!!!

  23. f.... h....

    the best of music word

  24. n.... b....

    Say what you will about the album,but you can't deny that the music video is great

  25. P.... L....

    Europe is better, honestly would prefer someone to cover Europe and swap out the orignal line with "Glory Glory, we wait, in AMERICA!" just fits more to me. This song has cool imagery and good lyricism but it's just not as catchy to me.

  26. B.... I....

    Gosh, the critics really didn't want people to like this one. Luckily, who cares.

  27. O.... W....

    Killing Joke videos, Jaz just shouting and hand gesturing from podiums

  28. T.... a....

    Thirty years have passed and the matter is still valid

  29. G.... ....

    The sheer audacious unsubtlety of this video is somehow mesmerising. It's like a political cartoon as a music video.

  30. S.... R....

    The global bully !

  31. M.... ....

    God I feel this video so hard

  32. p.... ....

    Killing Joke has much better songs than this.

  33. P.... ....

    One of my favorite songs!

  34. r.... w....

    they were heavily influenced by frankie goes to hollywood

  35. A.... ....

    People is jealous of America because we are the best!!!

  36. C.... 6....

    This band is the most rebellious I've seen. Makes everyone else look like poseurs.

  37. J.... K....

    How did they afford this?

  38. D.... M....

    I love America!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  39. w.... ....

    A documentary.

  40. D.... S....

    I finally get this song , it took me decades , but I understand now lol! This certainly isn't s republic , it's a empire , and freedom didn't win , we'll we tried at least , sorry , I guess that's just the world and people just can't handle freedom, we love our empires, so let it be a lesson if someone says " hey ! I got a great idea , let's form a government , this time it will be different because​ it's for the people and buy the people "

  41. R.... K....

    bush junior was in picture 1:20

  42. Q.... ....

    The lead singer looks like Craig Ferguson in this video. :D

  43. m.... r....

    ITS A JOKE

  44. B.... G....

    Anyone else think the synth intro is a corruption of Van Halen’s intro to “Jump?” What rock band is more “American” than VH and America makes the rest of the world “jump” with their actions and laws. Well played, KJ.

  45. M.... B....

    Very cool.

  46. G.... J....

    This has always been a favorite of mine!

  47. C.... W....

    What ever the circumstance or whatever my emotional condition I can find a word, line, verse, chorus, song or instrumental to suit the occasion or mood from the music and lyrics of the greatest band in the history of cross-genres whilst retaining their distinctive style!

  48. R.... L....

    Co-written by the Honey Monster. Time is money and money is HONEY, HONEY, HONEY!!!

  49. o.... ....

    Hahahahaha Brits in the 80s having the nerve to criticize the USA? Thats pretty funny.

  50. D.... E....

    I met them all in 1990

  51. W.... ....

    This song launched in the year when I turned 12, and I remember it clearly. It's deeply unsettling when I consider how very little has changed

  52. B.... R....

    Yes, it is safe to tackle USA and 99% of all UK rock is leftist But the iconic guitar is US-made LOL.

  53. H.... W....

    I still cant belive my father loves Killing Joke. I was the one who introduced him to them. And I wasnt even alive in the 80s.

  54. S.... B....

    2018 & still sounds as amazing as it did when it first came out. This time frame between this & Brighter then 1000 suns is my favorite ever!

  55. T.... P....

    Relevant as ever!

  56. Y.... ....

    jaz looks like michael scott in this video. kj is the greatest band to ever exist but jesus this is bad...

    Y.... ....

    lol what were they thinking

    Y.... ....

    how can you go from love like blood to this, it boggles the mind

    Y.... ....

    I almost suspect they did this to show that they were also human and make other bands feel less inferior to the mighty killing joke

  57. C.... L....

    I get a Public Image Limited vibe off this for some reason, fantastic song never the less! :)

  58. T.... T....

    Jazz you saw Trump coming ! But then again , the American policy has always been the same!!
    I grew up in the 1980:s under Reagan err Ronnie Ray Gun ...... Now Trump Administration taking us into a dark past.

  59. H.... P....

    In the end it`s SIMPLY not KILLING JOKE...so...is it good..or...
    personally:Rubbish.

  60. K.... F....

    When I first heard this song I thought they were celebrating America. Upon closer inspection I see that is was different. But I still don't fully understand what they are trying to say. For me in a sense it feels like they would want to come live in America.

    K.... F....

    Pretty sarcastically they just played with all American symbols and clichés. I always believed this song was a way back in the Cold War twilight to say "Well we all know we risk to finish under a nuclear Armageddon because of our one-sided view on geopolitics but who cares, not us because even after the world fall we'll raise again. So right now let's live like kings and fuck off everyone else..."

  61. s.... ....

    I Love this album to death

  62. R.... ....

    This is what happens when you tell Killing Joek to make pop music. It's almost like a joke of what pop music at the time was.

  63. R.... K....

    This song seems to be a kind of reply or parody of "I'm a Real Amercian" by Rick Derringer

  64. p.... ....

    Looks like My old Sainsbury’s manager

  65. n.... l....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFV1uT-ihDo

  66. G.... F....

    Jaz knows what's going on

  67. P.... ....

    2:45 is not perfectly synchronized. He takes off his hat and when they zoom in he does it again.

  68. R.... L....

    Trump supporter . America first . No more charity for you punks . Period . This song blows

    R.... L....

    Age of Greed is what this song wanted to be. Listen to that. Good luck with your Orange. Let's pray the Russians and Norks don't cut him open.

    R.... L....

    Lol. What a robotic statement.

    R.... L....

    Piss off.

  69. D.... I....

    Sorry but why Nicaragua and El Salvador?

    D.... I....

    Around the time that this song was released, the United States orchestrated coups in those countries to protect the foreign landholdings of American corporations.

    D.... I....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFV1uT-ihDo

  70. F.... M....

    I don't know, but the song stays easily in your faqing mind the whole day xD.... AMEEEERICAAAAAA! lol

  71. b.... ....

    Im American and i had this converstaion with my wife last night word for word. Lol. Killing joke is great.

    b.... ....

    You spell like an american.

  72. V.... S....

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money and money is honey, honey
    My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    I will buy you rich perfumes
    And we will eat the finest foods
    A mansion in New England
    A silver dollar for every child
    Where everybody has got their price
    They'll sustain our way of life
    You and I will fly to Rio
    I'll make you feel like a millionaire

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money and money is honey, honey
    My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    West is best and might is right
    And with our allies - fight the good fight
    A first class, five star enterprise
    Now everybody's got to compromise
    My moral code's on overload
    Liberty still takes its toll
    Take a look at the losers wasting in the bars
    Where they cut their losses!

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money, and money is honey, honey
    My megabucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nation - yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    There were fireworks in the Gulf
    There was champagne at home - How I love America
    But showbiz and Hollywood still shouted out - America

  73. S.... C....

    The philosophy of America is all but one symbolism if we look to a society of freedom we won't find it here just dreams of some type of democracy where the dollar bill will only buy death and destruction much like it always has...our main focus is a ledger of propaganda and philosophy itself.As we know the Trump administration know nothing about the working and impoverish nation's so they sell you an idea that roots back to the Reichtage in Nazi Germany...Who was right and who was wrong the answer massive decontrol and loss of many many lives.Dont use words and pictures give us the real vision...we're due to repeat history again.😢

  74. T.... ....

    It has this Alice Cooper mood...I like this song, I know it's so damn obvious what they are talking about, but c'mon it's a good song.

  75. Y.... V....

    Ameryka!
    Ludzie, słuchajcie mnie!

    Mogę przetrwać wyścig szczurów, Kochana!
    Czas to pieniądz, a pieniądz jest jak miód, Kochana!
    Moje Mega-dolary są proporcjonalne do Twojej urody!
    Razem możemy służyć narodowi - tak!

    Jakość życia napawa nas dumą!
    Ameryka!
    I jak patrzę to po prostu płaczę, i płaczę
    Jak ja kocham Amerykę!

    Kupię Ci drogie perfumy,
    I będziemy jeść najlepsze potrawy,
    W posiadłości w Nowej Anglii -
    Po srebrnym dolarze dla każdego dziecka.
    Gdzie każdy ma swoją cenę
    Oni muszą utrzymać nasz sposób życia
    Ty i ja polecimy do Rio
    Sprawię, byś poczuła się jak milionerka!

    Mogę przetrwać wyścig szczurów, Kochana!
    Czas to pieniądz, a pieniądz jest jak miód, Kochana!
    Moje Mega-dolary są proporcjonalne do Twojej urody!
    Razem możemy służyć narodowi - tak!

    Jakość życia napawa nas dumą!
    Ameryka!
    I jak patrzę to po prostu płaczę, i płaczę
    Jak ja kocham Amerykę!

    Zachód jest najlepszy i moc ma rację,
    I z naszymi sojusznikami - toczymy dobry bój!
    Pierwsza klasa, pięciogwiazdkowy luksus,
    I od razu wszyscy są gotowi na kompromis!
    Mój kodeks moralny ustępuje:
    Wolność musi nieść ofiary!
    Spójrz na przegranych wyniszczających się w barach,
    Gdzie rekompensują sobie co stracili!

    Mogę przetrwać wyścig szczurów, Kochana!
    Czas to pieniądz, a pieniądz jest jak miód, Kochana!
    Moje Mega-dolary są proporcjonalne do Twojej urody!
    Razem możemy służyć narodowi - tak!

    Jakość życia napawa nas dumą!
    Ameryka!
    I jak patrzę to po prostu płaczę, i płaczę
    Jak ja kocham Amerykę!

    Były fajerwerki w Zatoce.
    Był szampan w domu!
    - Jak ja kocham Amerykę
    Ale showbiznes Hollywoodu krzyczy - Ameryka!

    ayyo20150815

  76. n.... ....

    the disease of this planet....

  77. S.... L....

    Such a weird period for KJ

  78. S.... C....

    The quality of life is all we pride!

  79. N.... A....

    Outside the Gate might've been a shitty album in general, but at least this song is really good. It's really cheesy and 80's in a good way unlike the rest of the aforementioned record. Haha!

    N.... A....

    This album is the twin of Under The Wraps (1984) from Jethro Tull in terms of quality. Listeneable but not enjoyable, apart one or two songs.

  80. M.... R....

    is this midnight oil?

    M.... R....

    Matt R
    No. Killing Jokes

  81. P.... S....

    🚀🌁🌉🗽💵🇺🇸

  82. P.... S....

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money and money is honey, honey
    My mega bucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nationa?? Yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    I will buy you rich perfumes
    And we will eat the finest foods
    A mansion in New England
    A silver dollar for every child
    Where everybody has got their price
    They'll sustain our way of life
    You and I will fly to Rio
    I'll make you feel like a millionaire

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money and money is honey, honey
    My mega bucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nation
    Yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    West is best and might is right
    And with our allies-fight the good fight
    A 1st class, 5 star enterprise
    Now everybody's got to compromise
    My moral codes on overload
    Liberty still takes its toll
    Take a look at the losers wasting in the bars
    Where they cut their losses!

    I can survive the rat race honey
    Time is money and money is honey honey
    My mega bucks your symmetrical beauty
    Together we can serve the nationa?? Yeah!

    The quality of life filled us all with pride
    America
    And as I watched I just cried and cried
    How I love America

    There were fireworks in the Gulf
    There was champagne at home
    How I love America
    But showbiz and Hollywood still shouted out-America

  83. T.... J....

    Just listened to Killing Joke and right afterwards YouTube presented me a commercial for Selena Gomez! What a drop in quality!

  84. F.... R....

    Fuck you Donald Trump. Choke on it!

  85. S.... R....

    I was never into watching music videos and, therefore, I didn't know KJ has so many music videos. This is one of better ones, great visual story told through naivety and symbols. Love it.

  86. B.... V....

    Quite a haunting keyboard here... I'm not too much into "political' songs, so the lyrics are less my thing, but melodically, even if it isn't at all beautiful, it is in an odd way somewhat intoxicating. I kept listening till the end.

    B.... V....

    It's a fantastic synthpop ish track, darkly humorous. This album gets a lot of hate for not sounding like a Killing Joke album 'should' and being more overtly theatrical, but that just holds you back from enjoying what's actually a brilliant record.

    B.... V....

    OTG is my 2nd favorite KJ release

  87. J.... S....

    Such a true summing up.

  88. L.... ....

    There were fireworks in the Gulf
    There was champagne at home

  89. P.... S....

    Strongly at the USA

  90. P.... S....

    🇺🇸