Looking out a dirty old window
Down below the cars in the city go rushing by
I sit here alone and I wonder why
Friday night and everyone's moving
I can feel the heat but it's soothing heading down
I search for the beat in this dirty town

Down town the young one's are going
Down town the young one's are growing

We're the kids in America
We're the kids in America
Everybody live for the music go round

White lights, the music gets faster
Look boy, don't check on your watch, not another glance
I'm not leaving now, honey, not a chance
Hot Cha Cha give me no problems
Much later, baby, you'll be saying never mind
You know life is cruel, life is never kind

Kind, hard, so make a new story
Kind, hard, so grab any glory

We're the kids in America
We're the kids in America
Everybody live for the music go round

[Interlude]

Come closer, honey, that's better
Gotta get a brand new experience, feeling right
Oh, don't try to stop, baby, hold me tight
Outside a new day is dawning
outside suburbia's rolling everywhere
I don't want to go baby

New York to east California
there's a new wave comin' to warm ya

We're the kids in America
We're the kids in America
Everybody live for the music go round

We're the kids in America
We're the kids in America
Everybody live for the music go round