America

Maybe I should've worn my pink sweater
To make myself look better, but I thought you knew
Maybe I could've gotten there earlier
I could've talked to another man than you

But it was you and you didn't really seem to care
Behind your desk [?]
You're just doing your job but it's my life on the line
And in the blink of an eye, you might have ruined it

America
Why do you make it so hard?
Why do you make it so hard?
America
[?]
I just wanna be closer
I just wanna be closer to you
[?] sleep in you, sleep

My dream, my dream was crushed in a second
You didn't even give me a chance to tell you all about my family

My mother, my father, my sisters, I haven't
Seen them around, for an eternity
You were my key to heaven, my ticket to the golden
State, but instead, you ruined it

America
Why do you make it so hard?
Why do you make it so hard?
America
[?]
I just wanna be closer
I just wanna be closer to you
[?] sleep in you, sleep

March 2020, coming back to Paris after 3 months in the United States of America
I loved it, I found hope, strength
I saw my family again, I found friends, freedom
I found everything I've been looking for
I applied for a visa, I decided that I'd leave everything behind me
My friends, my life, everything that I had built, for a shot at a greater future
My visa was approved, oh God, tears of joy
Life hasn't always been easy, and that was it
Bye my friends, hello America

America
Why do you make it so hard?
Why do you make it so hard?
America
[?]
I just wanna be closer
I just wanna be closer to you

America
Why do you make it so hard?
Why do you make it so hard?
America
[?]
I just wanna be closer
I just wanna be closer to you

Oh, say, can you see
By the dawn's early light