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Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Band
Album

Sailing the Seas of Cheese

(1991)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresAlternative Metal, Funk Metal, Experimental Rock
LabelsInterscope Records
Ranked#126 for 1991 , #7,559 all-time
Album rating :  77.5 / 100
Votes :  8
4. American Life (4:32)
Track rating :  79 / 100       Votes :  5       [ ]
[Verse 1]
In a town in southernmost Sicily
Lived a family too proud to be poor
In the year that fever took father away
They hastened for American shores
Now a mother and her son are standing in line
It's a cold day on Ellis Isle
And they look to the Statue of Liberty
For the boy we have American life

[Verse 2]
Ong is a Laotian refugee
He works in the audio trade
The smoke from flux is filling his lungs
He's earning minimum wage
Spending spare time down on
San Pablo Ave
Once a week gets a woman for the night
And he writes home tales of prosperity
For the boy we have American life

[Verse 3]
Bob is an unemployed veteran
Born and bred in the South Bronx
He's living off the streets down in east L.A
Residing in a cardboard box
Now he plays a little guit and he has a small dog
Searching for aluminum cans
And he holds on tight to his dignity
He was born into American life
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Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Album Credits
Members
  • Les Claypool : Electric Bass, String Bass, Six-string Fretless Bass, Clarinet, Vocals
  • Larry LaLonde : Electric Guitar, Six-string Banjo
  • Tim "Herb" Alexander : Drums, Water Jug
  • Jay Lane : Drums on Tracks 14 & 15
Additional musicians
  • Mike Bordin : Two-skinned Foreskin Drum
  • Adam Gates : Additional Fisherman
  • Lance Link : Additional Fisherman
  • Trouz : Whistle
  • Tom Waits : Voice of Tommy the Cat
  • Matt Winegar : Accordion
  • Bastardos
  • Adam Gates, Puffster, Herb, Ler, Les : Vocals
  • MIRV Haggard, Todd Huth, Derek Greenberg, Matt Winegar, Ler : Guitars
  • Butthouse, Adam Gates, Les : Bass
  • Brain Mantia, Mike Bordin, Herb : Drums
Other staff
  • Chris Bellman : Mastering
  • Primus : Producer
  • Ron Rigler : Engineering
  • Tom Whalley : A&R Director
  • Paul Haggard : Jacket Design, Photography
  • Mark Kohr : Cheese Coordinator, Scenery
  • Michael Lavine : Band Photo
  • Mitch Romanowski : Ship (sculpture)
  • Snap : Airbrushing
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