所属专辑:Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
歌手: Primus
时长: 04:30
American Life-Primus[00:00:01]
In a town in southernmost Sicily[00:01:19]
Lived a family too proud to be poor[00:01:22]
In the year that fever took father away[00:01:25]
They hastened for American shores[00:01:27]
Now a mother and her son are standing in line[00:01:30]
It’s a cold day on Ellis Isle[00:01:33]
And they look to the Statue of Liberty[00:01:35]
For the boy we have American Life[00:01:43]
Ong is a Laotian refugee[00:02:04]
He works in the audio trade[00:02:06]
The smoke from flux is filling his lungs[00:02:09]
He’s earning minimum wage[00:02:11]
Spending spare time down on[00:02:14]
San Pablo ave[00:02:15]
Once a week gets a woman for the night[00:02:16]
And he writes home tales of prosperity[00:02:19]
For the boy we have American Life[00:02:26]
Bob is an unemployed veteran[00:09:31]
Born and bred in the South Bronx[00:09:33]
He’s living off the streets down in east L A [00:09:35]
Residing in a cardboard box[00:09:38]
Now he plays a little quit and he has a small dog[00:09:41]
Searching for aluminum cans[00:09:44]
And he hold on tight to his dignity[00:09:47]
For the boy we have American Life[00:09:53]
He was born into American Life[00:09:59]
For the boy we have American Life[00:10:04]