American Life Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Sailing the Seas of Cheese(1991) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Experimental Rock |
Labels | Interscope Records |
Ranked | #124 for 1991 , #7,316 all-time |
Album rating : 78.3 / 100
Votes : 9
Votes : 9
4. American Life (4:32)
[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
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
Added by Krindern
Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Lyrics
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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Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes | |
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1 | Jerry Was a Race Car Driver | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) | 85 | 5 | |
2 | Wynona's Big Brown Beaver | Tales from the Punchbowl (1995) | 83.8 | 4 | |
3 | Tommy the Cat | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) | 83 | 5 | |
4 | My Name Is Mud | Pork Soda (1993) | 82.5 | 4 | |
5 | DMV | Pork Soda (1993) | 82.5 | 4 | |
6 | Mr. Krinkle | Pork Soda (1993) | 82.5 | 4 | |
7 | Lacquer Head | Antipop (1999) | 83.3 | 3 | |
8 | Nature Boy | Pork Soda (1993) | 81.3 | 4 | |
9 | To Defy the Laws of Tradition | Frizzle Fry (1990) | 81.7 | 3 | |
10 | Mr. Knowitall | Frizzle Fry (1990) | 81.7 | 3 | |
11 | Welcome to This World | Pork Soda (1993) | 80 | 4 | |
12 | ▶ American Life | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) | 79 | 5 | |
13 | Is It Luck? | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) | 79 | 5 | |
14 | John the Fisherman | Frizzle Fry (1990) | 80 | 3 | |
15 | Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) | 78.8 | 4 |
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