American Child-Phil Vassar

[ti:American Child] [ar:Phil Vassar] [al:Greatest Hits Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:05.90]Phil Vassar [00:17.09]I was ten I was thin [00:19.15]I was playing first base [00:21.21]With a secondhand glove and dirt on my face [00:26.27]In nowhere Virginia [00:27.28] [00:28.55]Who'd ever figure that kid in the yard [00:32.24]Would go very far [00:34.55]It was 419 Lakewood had no silverspoons [00:36.99] [00:38.17]Just an old beat up upright [00:40.92]That played out of tune [00:43.30]Now I'm singin' and living the life that I love [00:46.80]And when I count my blessings I thank God I was [00:51.36]An American child [00:55.23]An American child [00:59.99]'Cause dreams can grow wild [01:02.44]Born inside an American child [01:12.94]Seven pounds three ounces she's got my nose [01:16.67]And she's into my heart as deep as it goes [01:21.17]With a promise [01:22.17]That's more than just someone's last name [01:25.17]Anyone's equal in late August came [01:29.55]An American child [01:33.86]An American child [01:38.43]'Cause dreams can grow wild [01:40.82]Born inside an American child [01:59.45]My grandfather would have been eighty today [02:05.59]But in '45 he fell down beside an American child [02:13.34]An American child [02:16.60]Oh an American child [02:22.22]'Cause dreams can grow wild [02:24.34]Born inside an American child [02:29.41]An American child