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Kevin So - Walter Lee Lyrics

Drove through America in 1963
Started from San Francisco heading towards the East
No luck in Vegas but the Canyon gave me reasons worth the ride
I've been a citizen for fifteen years or more
Still some Americans get trouble at some doors
Stopped in El Paso I was forced to turn up north on 25

What is wrong with me ?
Am I not yet free ?
I ain't gonna be one more Walter Lee
Raced past the Rockies into Denver, saw a show
She was a dime-store dancer prancing round a pole
Smiling at me her eyes invited me to hold her unashamed
So I asked what her name was and I was answered with a kiss
"I am an Asian man, why are you doing this ?"
"You have a heart like any human that exists, I'm not afraid."

"But what is wrong," said she
"Why are you scared of me ?
"You might as well be one more Walter Lee"
And so I had to travel onward
Passed up Kansas City for St. Louis
Route 55 ends up Chicago
Instead I ended up as happy down in New Orleans

And so I had to travel onward
I got tagged in Tallahassee for too much speed
Although there are castles in Daytona
I marched through Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King
Hopped on a Greyhound to Manhattan's Village Green
Sang for some nickels and a meal on Bleeker Street
I dream of fishes while the Staten Island queen sleeps in the sea

What is wrong with me ?
My country tis of thee
I don’t wanna be one more Walter Lee