Big Head Todd & the Monsters - American Boy

Another Mayberry / 1989-08-01 1. Geography of a Horse Dreamer 2. Waiting in America 3. Hymn 4. American Boy 5. Salvation 6. Blue Water 7. I Will Carry 8. Blues for Annie 9. It All Comes Down 10. Flander's Fields 11. Another Mayberry

American Boy

He's an American boy with his hair combed back
He's gonna buy himself a nice new car
He's gonna marry one of them pretty cookin' wives
and die alone in a big old house
Oh, he was an American boy

He's gonna get a job that pays real well
Go on vacation every year
Have a fine young boy for the N.F.L.
All without having to shed a tear.
Oh, he was an American boy

Yeah, the American boy is older now
He's been shortened by the weight on his back
He finally takes a look around to see.
There were a lot of other things that he could have been.
Oh, he was an American boy.