Struttin’ In The U.S.A.

Words and Music by
Jimmie Vestal

CHORUS):
Struttin’ everywhere that I go – I wish there was a way – I could know
That the people struttin’ to this beat – would create a dance – that was so neat
Struttin’ everywhere – struttin’ here and there – struttin’ in the U.S.A.

(Struttin’) at high school and making up a dance 
(Struttin’) at a college – and struttin’ at a ranch
(Struttin’) in the military – (struttin’) at the mall
(Struttin’) at the movies – (struttin’) anywhere at all – I see.

(CHORUS):                                                                     Struttin’ everywhere – that I go – I knew there was a way – and now I know
That the people – struttin’ to this beat – made – up a dance – and it’s so neat
Struttin’ everywhere – struttin’ here and there – struttin’ in the U.S.A.

(Struttin’) throughout Hawaii – (struttin’) all over Alaska
(Struttin’) just about everywhere – struttin’ in Nebraska
(Struttin’) in Seattle  – (struttin’) in Portland
(Struttin’) Great Falls – (struttin’) Boise, and Laramie.

Struttin’) Colorado Springs  – (struttin’) Salt Lake City
(Struttin’) Las Vegas – (struttin’) Area 51
(Struttin’) in San Francisco – (struttin’) Los Angeles
(Struttin’) Santa Fe – (struttin’) Phoenix and Tucson.

(CHORUS):                                                                      Struttin’ everywhere – that I go – I knew there was a way – and now I know
That the people – struttin’ to this beat – made – up a dance – and it’s so neat
Struttin’ everywhere – struttin’ here and there – struttin’ in the U.S.A.

(Struttin’) Kansas City  – (struttin’) in Dallas, Texas
(Struttin’) Rapid City – (struttin’) Grand Forks
(Struttin’) in Minnesota – (struttin’) Green Bay
(Struttin’) In Iowa – (struttin’) Chicago, and Detroit
(Struttin’) – in St. Louis – (struttin’) – Oklahoma City
(Struttin’) – Little Rock – (struttin’) – New Orleans
(Struttin’) – in Mississippi – (struttin’) –  Nashville and Memphis
(Struttin’) – in Kentucky – (struttin’) – in Alabama. 

REPEAT CHORUS
                                                                         (Struttin’) – in Indiana – (struttin’) – Cincinnati
(Struttin’) – All over Maine – (struttin’) – In Vermont too
(Struttin’) – in New Hampshire – (struttin’) –  New York City
(Struttin’) – Atlantic City – (struttin’) – Boston, Massachusetts
Struttin’) – Hartford – (struttin’) –  yes, in Providence
(Struttin’) – Philadelphia – (struttin’) – Baltimore
(Struttin’) – Washington, D.C. – (struttin’) –  Over in Delaware 
(Struttin’) – Norfolk – (struttin’) – and Virginia Beach.

REPEAT CHORUS
                                                           
(Struttin’) – in West Virginia – (struttin’) –  Charlotte and Raleigh
(Struttin’) – Charleston – (struttin’) – Atlanta, Georgia
(Struttin’) – Tallahassee – (struttin’) –  Orlando
(Struttin’) – Tampa – (struttin’) – Key West
Sruttin’ – struttin’ –  struttin’ – struttin’ – struttin’ – struttin’ – struttin’
Sruttin’ – struttin’ –  struttin’ – struttin’.

SONG STOPS

Hey – let’s keep on struttiin’

(SONG CONTINUES) 

(Struttin’)–In case I missed a place(struttin’)
Please say it right here, go ahead
Struttin’) –(struttin’) – (struttin’) –  come on – sing along with me (struttin’)
       

(CHORUS):                                                           
Struttin’ everywhere – that I go – I knew there was a way – and now I know
That the people – struttin’ to this beat – made – up a dance – and it’s so neat
Struttin’ everywhere – struttin’ here and there – struttin’ in the U.S.A.
I’m struttin’ in the U.S.A. – struttin’ in the U.S.A.
Struttin’ In The U.S.A. – struttin’ in the U.S.A.
                                                              

Strut – ting – you been struttin’.

Copyright © Jimmie Vestal
Sand and Palms Music (BMI)