Disney's America - Graham Parker

I knew Virginia once

She was a pretty girl

She walked in the wild fields

And swam the wild streams

I took her out one day to the

Civil War battlefield

Way down in Manassas

Where I told her my dreams

But now it’s Disney’s America

A long way from anywhere

With a brand new coat to wear

With a brand name on the seams

Just Disney’s America

Virginia she chose to stay

And we drifted apart like runoff

Into the Chesapeake Bay

Then I had a family Virginia

I guess she forgot about me

She lives near the concrete sea

Or so people say

I don’t remember much

About her gentle touch

My skin just turned so hard

And my feet turned to clay

It was in Disney’s America

A long long way from anywhere

You get what you pay for there

Man, you get it in spades

Just Disney’s America

Virginia she chose to stay

And we drifted apart like runoff

Into the Chesapeake Bay

You can’t get too excited

You can’t get too enthused

From Dismal Land to the Tragic Mountain

We are not amused

Yeah I knew Virginia once

She, she was a pretty thing

She walked in the wild fields

And swam in the wild streams

But now it’s Disney’s America

That’s where we collect our pay

Where we drifted apart like runoff

Into the Chesapeake Bay

Yeah we drifted apart like runoff

Into the Chesapeake Bay