The American Dream-Jonathan Pryce

[ti:The American Dream] [ar:Jonathan Pryce] [al:Broadway's Greatest Leading Men] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The American Dream - Jonathan Pryce [00:11.45]My father was a tattoo artist in Haiphong [00:17.04]but his designs on mother didn't last too long [00:21.86]my mother sold her body, high on Betel nuts [00:27.32]my job was bringing red-faced monsieurs to our huts [00:32.29]selling your mom is a wrench [00:35.24]perfume can cover a stench [00:38.00]that's what I learned from the French [00:40.41] [00:45.46]Then it all changed with Dien Bien Phu [00:51.60]the frogs went home. Who came? Guess who? [00:57.68]are you surprised we went insane [01:03.82]with dollars pouring down like rain? [01:09.59]businessmen never rob banks [01:12.54]you can sell sh*t and get thanks [01:15.64]that's what I learned from the Yanks [01:20.83]I'm fed up with small-time hustles [01:26.66]I'm too good to waste my talent for greed [01:31.52]I need room to flex my muscles [01:36.53]in an ocean where the big sharks feed [01:41.88]make me Yankee, they're my family [01:46.98]they're selling what people need [01:54.60]What's that I smell in the air [01:58.05]the American dream [02:03.01]sweet as a new millionaire [02:07.14]the American dream [02:11.82]pre-packed, ready-to-wear [02:15.32]the American dream [02:20.18]fat, like a chocolate eclair [02:23.63]as you suck out the cream [02:28.41]Luck by the tail [02:33.20]how can you fail? [02:37.35]and best of all, it's for sale [02:40.59]the American dream [02:45.71]Greasy chinks make life so sleazy [02:50.08]in the States I'll have a club that's four-starred [02:54.02]men like me there have things easy [02:57.81]they have a lawyer and a body-guard [03:02.14]to the Johns there I'll sell blondes there [03:06.33]that they can charge on a card [03:14.38]What's that I smell in the air? [03:17.76]the American dream [03:22.52]sweet as a suite in Bel-air [03:26.40]the American dream [03:31.30]girls can buy tits by the pair [03:34.64]the American dream [03:39.69]bald people think they'll grow hair [03:43.03]the American dream [03:47.94]call girls are lining time square [03:51.28]the American dream [03:56.22]bums there have money to spare [03:59.64]the American dream [04:04.37]cars that have bars take you there [04:07.57]the American dream [04:12.40]on stage each night: Fred Astaire [04:16.04]the American dream [04:20.25]Shlitz down the drain! [04:23.52] [04:24.90]pop the Champagne! [04:26.04] [04:28.35]it's time we all entertain [04:31.25]my American dream! [04:35.46] [04:44.06]Girls boys invited to hotel [04:46.40]the American dream [04:51.45]Wall Street designed to sell [04:54.01]the American dream [04:59.23]Come make a life from the hell [05:01.89]the American dream [05:07.00]come and get more than your share [05:09.41]the American dream [05:14.79]There I will crown [05:19.18]Miss Chinatown [05:22.73]all yours for ten percent down [05:25.08]the American dream!