American Life - Francis Dunnery

Johnny left home, to seek his fame

Small town boy, the streets of L.A.

A day time waiter, in a night time band

Acting cool, said he was a real man

Couldn’t write a song, to save his soul

Ripped off an old tune, said it was his own

Low and behold, in another few days

Five star dinner, that the company pays

Johnny got a motor, Johnny got a guitar

He got a room and a woman to pay

Johnny got a big part, playing in a video

Johnny on the freeway

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

You know the girl you want is such a waste of time

American life in the summertime

American life in the summertime got me

Suzie got a rise, at work today

She found the new sound, yeah

Virginity blown, the minimum age

Busy doing nothing, on another man’s wages

Blond hair, and mystic eyes

A bottle of pills, and a little on the wild side

Saturday come, and Saturday go

Hangin' out backstage, waiting for the show

Suzie got a motor, Suzie got a guitar

She got a room, that the company pays

A company girl, and company slave

Suzie on the freeway

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

You know the girl you want is such a waste of time

American life in the summertime

American life in the summertime got me

You know it breaks my heart to see a nation cloned

By someone else’s poetry

They got their backs snapped

By 12 inch pressure of financial bigotry

You know I’ve still got pride in who I wanna be

I don’t wanna be like them, I just wanna be me

A record company clone, not me

I’m still singin'

Sing everything you got

American life in the summertime

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

I said, let’s go drink till the beer runs dry

You know the girl you want is such a waste of time

Yeah, yeah, yeah

American life in the summertime

American life in the summertime got me