I Miss America Harry Chapin

[Verse 1]
By the time I was thirteen
I started taking shape
At eighteen I was so beautiful
That the strangers started to gape
They said, "Enter the ultimate contest
If you're as gorgeous as you seem"
They said, "Please, please, please, please
Be our American dream"

[Pre-Chorus]
But late that night beneath the grieving moon
There's a dazzling sight in my motel room
For a grunting judge with his bulging eyes
I give my all for his cherished prize

[Chorus]
Oh why (Oh why), oh why? (Oh why?)
I'm Miss America
Crying on TV
Silver clad in satin rags
But everything's where it should be
Oh say can you see
Ah say can you see

[Verse 2]
After they showed me the game ball
They told me put on weight
They told me I'd be powerful
They told me I'd be great
And my Uncle Sam he would coach me
His helmet on my head
And they said, "Please, please, please, please
Please win and beat the spread"