So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. "I've got some real estate here in my bag" Search 'America' lyrics Simon & Garfunkel Lyrics 'America' Let us be lovers We'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate Here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes And Mrs. 'America' is a song that 'creates a cinematic vista that tells of the singer's search for a literal and physical America that seems to have disappeared, along with the country's beauty and ideals.' Art Garfunkel once described the song as 'young lovers with their adventure and optimism'. It took me four days To hitch-hike from Saginaw. "Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together" 'Kathy', I said, As we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh, Michigan seems like a dream to me now. Wagner's Pies were described as the largest pie bakery in America. They were sold in New Jersey and in New York. In "America" Simon and Kathy are on a road trip across America and Simon is deeply searching for the American dream.Īn interesting tidbit is Mrs Wagner Pies (referenced in this song) were single serving pies made up until July 1969. The song was released on the album BOOKENDS in 1968 and is a song about Simon and his then girlfriend Kathy Chitty (the same Kathy in Kathy's Song). This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited. "America" was written by Paul Simon and is sung in this recording by Simon & Garfunkel.
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