John Mellencamp - Hotdogs Hamburgers Lyrics

Drivin down a dry summers day

Old route 66 and I was just a kid

Met a pretty little indian girl

Along the way

Get her into my car

And tried to give her a kiss

Ill give you beads and wampum

Whatever it takes, girl

To make you trade.

She jumped into the back seat

And she kinda flipped her lid

She said, "youre trying to get

Somethin for nothin

like the pilgrims in the olden days"



We rode for a while

Till the sun went away

And I realized it was a sort of an honor

Beinaround this girl

I felt embarassed

Of what I tried to do earlier that day

She was the saddest girl, I ever knew

She told me stories about the indian nations

And how the white man stole their lives away

And although she kinda liked me

She could never tust me

And when the sun comes up

Wed go our different ways



Chorus:

Now everybody has got the choice

Between hotdogs and hamburgers

Every one of us has got to choose

Between right and wrong

And givin up or holdin on



So I dropped her off

At some railroad crossing in texas

An old indian man was waiting there

He smiled and thanked me

But he saw right through me

I could tell, he didnt like me

For my kind, he didnt care

Because to him, I was the white man

The one who sold him something

That he already owned

And it was like hed been ridin in the

Car right there with us

And I felt ashamed of my actions

And the way the west was really won

So I drove down the highway

Till I came to los angeles

To the town of the angels

The best, this country can do

I got down on my knees

And I ask for forgiveness

I said, "lord, forgive us

For we know not, what we do"



Chorus:

Now everybody has got the choice

Between hotdogs and hamburgers

Every one of us has got to choose

Between right and wrong

And givin up or holdin on