Stephen Fry in America

Britain's wittiest comic leads a six week journey across the United States.

Cast

• Stephen Fry
• Bari Biern
• Sally Ann Glassman
• Michael Reynolds
• Daniel Faber
• Griff Van Meter
• Mee Moua
• Oatsie Charles
• Christoph Snell
• Tim Lesmeister
• Terry Wallace
• Laurie Cabot
• Sting
• Angus McPhail
• Tom Allman
• Mitt Romney
• John Ruskie
• Jimmy Wales
• Buddy Guy
• Ed Peden
• Chris Morris
• Bob del Papa
• Burl Cain
• Anita Singleton-Prather
• Susan Austin

• Season 1
• Episode 1: New World
  Erudite British actor and stand-up comedian Stephen Fry starts his idiosyncratic tour of the USA lik...
• Episode 2: Deep South
  Stephen visits the US region most appealing to him, traditional Dixieland south of the Mason Dixie l...
• Episode 3: Mississippi
  [Buying a hot dog in Chicago]::Himself - Presenter: No, definitely no hot peppers... I'm completely ...
• Episode 4: Mountains and Plains
  [In a "trucker's shop," examining the merchandise]::Himself - Presenter: ...what... on... earth? Oh,...
• Episode 5: True West
  'Stephen Fry (I)' (qv) travels through the South West of the USA. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, 'Terry ...
• Episode 6: Pacific
  In California, Steven adores the old-new and social melting pot San Francisco. In the same state, wh...

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• In America - Silvio Rodríguez
• In America - Whitecross
• In America - Charlie Daniels
• In America - Downhere
• In America - Creed
• In America - The Charlie Daniels Band
• In America - Allies

I grew up, here in America
Where good people worked hard
And everyone got along
I thought things were fine, here in America
But I was wrong
It seems it's all black and white, here in America
Either the color of money, or the color of your skin
Used to know wrong from right, here in America
And we will again
We can all live together
With Christ as Lord
And us united in Him
We will all live forever
When the King of Kings comes again
Through the eyes of our God, I see America
With no black and white
None in bondage or free
Because Jesus is Lord, here in America
And He'll always be- Oh yeah!
We can all live together

I grew up, here in America
Where good people worked hard
And everyone got along
I thought things were fine, here in America
But I was wrong
It seems it's all black and white, here in America
Either the color of money, or the color of your skin
Used to know wrong from right, here in America
And we will again
We can all live together
With Christ as our Lord
And us united in Him
We will all live forever
When the King of kings comes again
Through the eyes of our God, I see America
With no black and no white
None in bondage or free
Because Jesus is Lord, here in America
And He'll always be - Oh yeah!
We can all live together

Well the eagle's been flying slow
and the flag's been flying low
And a lot of people are saying
that America's fixing to fall
But speaking just for me
and some people from Tennessee
we got a thing or two to tell you all
This lady may have stumbled
but she ain't never fell
And if the Russians don't believe that
they can all go straight to hell
We're gonna put her feet back on
the path of righteousness and then
God bless America again
(chorus)
And you never did think that
it ever would happen again
In America, did you?
You never did think that
we'd ever get together again
Well we damn sure fooled you
We're walking real proud and
we're talking real loud again in America
You never did think that
it ever would happen again
From the sound up in Long Island
out to San Francisco Bay
And every thing that's
in between them is our home
And we may have done a little
bit of fighting amongst ourselves
but you outside people best leave us alone
Cause we'll all stick together
and you can take that to the bank
That's the cowboys and the hippies
and the rebels and the yanks
You just go and lay your head
on a Pittsburgh Steeler fan
and I think you're gonna finally understand

Better not to look back
Or should we dust off our journals
Step deep to the feedback for the new day
Like the distortion has things to say
Is it better to ignore it
That these bomb shelters are built of sand
Scoring themes from our views, making movies of tragic news
Does this helpless picnic have its own Neverland
America never hurts
They say America never cries
Like no one's lost in America
No one's lost in America
And listening to pink noise yeah
We make mirrors out of shop windows
No one dares to pull the red card
Conscience is scared by truths we'd discard
And now we've Arilius
But soon comes Decious
And perhaps Constantine is a devil keen
On making things easy
They say America never hurts
They say America never cries
Like no one's lonely in America
Like no one's lonely in America
They say America never hurts
They say America never cries
No one's lonely in America
Like no one's lonely in America
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
The prophet's still silenced
If love burns us down to violence
If the whims of the nations cater elation
Will we not need a soul to blame?
He has to take it all alone
Is His move political, play for the people, no
He takes one for the little guy, yeah
He takes a hit for the little guy, yeah
They say America never hurts
They say America never cries
Like no one's lonely in America
Like no one's lonely in America
They say America never hurts
They say America never cries
Like no one's lonely in America
Like no one's lonely in America

Only in America
We're slaves to be free
Only in America we kill the unborn
To make ends meet
Only in America
Sexuality is democracy
Only in America we stamp our god
"In God We Trust"
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America, In America
Church bell's ringing
Pass the plate around
The choir is singing
As their leader falls to the ground
Please mister prophet man
Tell me which way to go
I gave my last dollar
Can I still come to your show
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America, In America, In America
I am right and you are wrong
I am right and you are wrong
I am right and you are wrong
No one's right and no one's wrong
In America, In America, In America, In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America,
What is right for you and me?

In America
Charlie Daniels Band
Well the eagle's been flyin' slow
And the flag's been flyin' low
And a lotta people sayin' that America's
fixin' to fall
Well speakin' just for me
And some people from Tennessee
We've got a thing or two to tell you all
This lady may have stumbled
But she aint never failed
And if the Russians don't believe that
They can all go straight to hell
We're gonna put her feet back
On the path of righteousness and then
God bless America again
CHORUS
And you never did think
That it ever would happen again
( In America, did you )
You never did think
That we'd ever get together again
( We damn sure could )
Yeah, we're walkng real proud
And we're talkin' real loud again
( In America )
You never did think
That it ever would happen again
From The Sound up in Long Island
Out to San Francisco Bay
And everthing that's in between them
Is our own
And we may have done a little bit
Of fightin' amongst ourselves
But you outside people best leave us
alone
'Cause we'll all stick together
And you can take that to the bank
That's the cowboys and the hippies
And the rebels and and the yanks
You just go and lay your hand
On a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan
And I think you're gonna finally
understand
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

Land of the free and the home of the brave,
Where men can dream and the flag still waves,
From shore to shore, there are those who love your name,
We still believe in the promised land.
I still have faith in America,
God shed his grace on us,
I still believe in America,
I know in God I can trust.
In America, our children still believe,
In America, our people still have faith,
In America, our country still is free,
In America, there’s faith,
In America.
We’re holding on to the things we believe,
There’s no other place like America.
I still have faith in America,
God shed his grace on us,
I still believe in America,
I know in God I can trust.
In America, our children still believe,
In America, our people still have faith,
In America, our country still is free,
In America, there’s faith,
In America.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
In America, our children still believe,
In America, our people still have faith,
In America, my country ‘tis of thee,
In America, there’s faith,
In America.