Name: American
Duration: P00H03M46S
Description: Written while living in Santa Cruz, CA in 2008.

American

from Great American Opera (2009, album) by Worn Out West

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Great American Opera comes in a simple white cardboard sleeve with an info sheet insert. The recording was done at Sutton Sound in Atascadero, CA. Rick Sutton engineered expertly, as usual.

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Written while living in Santa Cruz, CA in 2008.

lyrics

1.
She values subtlety
She doesn't understand it
She doesn't know how to command it
She values awareness
But she's got precious little
Her ignorance and hypocrisy
Are devasting

2.
He values wisdom
Doesn't recognize it
Values courage
Acts like such a fool
He just thinks he's being cool
His ignorance and hypocrisy
are horrific

~chorus~
They are American
They are American
They are American
They are American

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3.
And the lights of the night
Gonna go out
The heat will fail
Food will stop coming to the stores
Winter will be hard
The wind will blow so cold
When that umbrella breaks
We'll be standing in the rain
Just cursing what we were sold

~chorus~
We are American
We are American
We are American
I am American

credits

from Great American Opera (2009, album), released November 1, 2009
Paul Sprawl - voice and guitar
Heiko Schramm - bass
Matthias Macht - drums

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