Lucy tried to meet me at a picture show But she didn't make it very far You see her parents' car was such a piece of sh** That she couldn't get it out of the drive And when she tried to ring me at my favorite pub All she got was drunken old Joe He told her I'd gone out for an ice cream But I'd be back in a minute or so Chorus: x2 Hey Lucy, we'll try it again next week some time In a week or so we would try it again But this time we would go to the zoo I told her that I would meet her at the corner store At a quarter or twenty past two When 3 P.M. rolled around And Lucy was nowhere to be seen I called her at home and her mama told me She was chasing the American Dream Chorus