Autumn’s child is catchin’ hell   for having been too naïve to tell   property rights from chapel bells   “there’s nothing we can do   we could not get there in time   it’s too late   she signed on the dotted line”      oh, shoot ’em up   cops and robbers   oh, America      the manager smiled   he said, “we’re gonna straighten    this mess”   he had a picture of Spot   and Jane on his desk   so I signed his strange contract   with the transparent lines   “there’s nothing we can do   we could not get there in time   it’s too late   she signed on the dotted line”      oh, shoot ’em up   cops and robbers   oh, America      the lawyers cried   through the telephone rings   the doctors sighed   “she’s imagining things”   when he came through the window   with those crazy eyes   Dick Tracy in disguise   he said, “you need a guiding   hand   you’re soft and you’re fine   sign here on the dotted line”      oh, big deals   cops and robbers   oh, America   I am your rose   American dreamer   flyin’ high   and down through America   didn’t you know   American dreamer   flyin’ high   and down through America   America   America