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The American Dream Lyrics by Jon Jon Briones

Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (West End Revival)

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[ENGINEER]
My father was a tattoo artist in Haiphong
But his designs on mother didn't last too long
My mother sold her body, high on Betel nuts (Oh, wait, wait)
My job was bringing red-faced monsieurs to our huts
Selling your mom is a wrench
Perfume can cover a stench
That's what I learned from the French
Then it all changed with Dien Bien Phu
The Frogs went home, who came? Guess who?
Are you surprised we went insane
With dollars pouring down like rain?
Businessmen never rob banks
I can sell shit and get thanks
Now that's what I learned from the Yanks
I'm fed up with small-time hustles
I'm too good to waste my talent for greed
I need room to flex my muscles
In an ocean where the big sharks feed
Make me Yankee, they're my family
We're selling dreams people need
Mmm, what's that I smell in the air?
The American dream
Sweet as a new millionaire
The American dream
Pre-packed and ready-to-wear
My American dream
Fat, like a chocolate eclair
As I suck out the cream
Au revoir, Miss Saigon
I'm moving on
Grab what you can 'til it's gone
The American dream
Greasy Chinks make life so sleazy
In the States I'll have a club that's four-starred
Men like me there have things easy
I'll have a lawyer and a bodyguard
To the johns there I'll sell blondes there
That they can charge on a card
Oh, what's that I smell in the air?
The American dream
Sweet as a suite in Bel-Air
The American dream
Girls can buy tits by the pair
The American dream
Bald people think they'll grow hair
The American dream
Asses that stick out to there
The American dream
You can take more if you dare
The American dream
Banks print money from air
The American dream
Cocaine, shotguns and prayer
The American dream, hallelujah
Schlitz down the drain
Pop the Champagne!
It's time we all entertain
My American dream!
[ENGINEER, spoken]
I want my girls!
Don't you just love the feathers?
Blow your big daddy a kiss
Come on down, I wanna see my queen of the town
Come on baby, rise and shine
Come out, come out wherever you are
Oh, she's alive, she's alive, look at her
Isn't she beautiful?
She's a big girl, she needs big boys
Hello, boys
[MEN, spoken]
Yeah! Yeah!
[ENGINEER, spoken]
You guys are big
American big
Think you can handle her?
Yeah
I love you, baby, I love you
You make me moist
We're just sexy bitches, aren't we?
Get down
Winner, winner, ha, ha
Rich, rich, ah, oh yeah
[ENSEMBLE & ENGINEER, spoken]
Live as you haven't a care
The American dream
Take even more than is fair
The American dream (Oh, fresh air, is this too much?)
Call girls are lining Times Square (I can never tell)
The American dream
Bums there have money to spare
The American dream
Spend when the cupboard is bare
The American dream
Just sell your soul and you gain
The American dream
[ENGINEER & ENSEMBLE, spoken]
Say, can you see?
Land of the free (Sure can!)
Soon you will buy it from me
[ENSEMBLE & ENGINEER, spoken]
The American (Yeah)
Dream (But)
Dream (Huh)
Dream
Dream
[ENGINEER, spoken]
Ah
More money
Ha ha, it's all mine
That's all mine, hands off
Off, off, off
I said, I said off
My money, ha ha ha
Hey, there's more
Hey, where's my money going?
Where you guys going?
Come back!
It was just getting good
Wasn't that fabulous?
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I smell in the air
[ENGINEER]
My American dream, oh
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Jon Jon Briones

Jon Jon Briones

About “The American Dream” by Jon Jon Briones

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