Intro
Verse 1
You're wearing trousers with the label showing
You wear a fancy hat thinking it's cool
You strut around wherever you are going
Though you should know that you look like a fool
Chorus
You wanna be Americano,
mericano, mericano...
Tell me why you're such a fake
You must think you're alla moda,
But when you drink Whiskey and Soda
All you get's a stomachache
You dance the Rock & Roll
You play the baseball
Those cigarettes you smoke
Should make you choke
'Cause they leave your mama broke
You wanna be Americano,
mericano, mericano...
You were born in Italy
An American you'll never be
OK, Napulità?
tu vuo' fa' l'american
Tu vuò fà l'americà
Verse 2
You're putting English in Italiano
Though when you do that, confusion ensues
How can she understand you mean "Ti amo"a
When you caress and tell her "I love you"?
You wanna be Americano,
mericano, mericano...
Tell me why you're such a fake
You must think you're alla moda,
But when you drink Whiskey and Soda
All you get's a stomachache
You dance the Rock & Roll
You play the baseball
Those cigarettes you smoke
Should make you choke
'Cause they leave your mama broke
You wanna be Americano,
mericano, mericano...
You were born in Italy
An American you'll never be
OK, Napulità?
tu vuo' fa' l'american
Tu vuò fà l'americà
Whisky e soda e rock 'n' roll
Whisky e soda e rock 'n' roll
Whisky e soda e rock 'n' roll!