American Life Lyrics

The song American Life is performed by Primus in the album named Sailing the Seas of Cheese in the year 1991 .



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

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

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 quit and he has a small dog
Searching for aluminum cans
And he hold on tight to his dignity
He was born into American Life



Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese

May 1991

  1. Seas Of Cheese
  2. Here Come The Bastards
  3. Sgt. Baker
  4. American Life
  5. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
  6. Eleven
  7. Is It Luck?
  8. Grandad's Little Ditty
  9. Tommy The Cat
  10. Sathington Waltz
  11. Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers
  12. Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)
  13. Los Bastardos

American Life