Livin' In America-Black 47

[ti:Livin' In America] [ar:Black 47] [al:Fire of Freedom] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Livin' In America - Black 47 [00:05.12]Oh it's 6 o'clock and it's time to rock [00:08.70] [00:09.41]And me head is beating like a drum [00:12.18] [00:13.96]In the cold grey light [00:15.47] [00:16.26]Ah i feel like shite [00:17.60] [00:18.50]And i can't remember last night's fun [00:21.03] [00:22.88]Then the foreman says [00:24.41] [00:25.44]Come on now boys [00:26.65] [00:27.68]Stick your fingers down [00:29.01]Your throat and get to work [00:30.68] [00:32.10]Hello i wish to Christ [00:33.35] [00:34.40]I'd stayed home last night [00:35.77] [00:36.80]Instead of drinking in America [00:38.36] [00:41.32]Oh i knock down walls with big iron balls [00:45.39] [00:45.97]And i mix cement by the ton [00:48.22] [00:50.22]With me tongue hanging out [00:52.04] [00:52.77]For a bottle of stout [00:54.08] [00:55.02]Sweating bullets in the Brooklyn sun [00:57.44] [00:59.43]Then i think of her up on Kingsbridge Road [01:03.35] [01:04.18]Did she mean what she said last night [01:06.81] [01:08.37]Oh Mammy dear [01:10.14] [01:11.08]We're all mad over here [01:12.78] [01:13.64]Living in America [01:15.20] [01:27.03]On me way downtown [01:28.35] [01:29.76]I think of that clown [01:30.96] [01:31.67]And the things that he said last night [01:34.19] [01:35.88]Did he mean'em at all [01:38.28]Or was it just drink talk [01:39.89] [01:40.64]Oh i must look a terrible sight [01:43.24] [01:45.08]Put me makeup on as [01:47.97]I watch the sun rise high over Fordham Road [01:52.10] [01:54.01]Oh Mammy dear [01:55.82] [01:56.56]We're all mad over here [01:58.34] [01:59.24]Living in America [02:00.45] [02:03.42]Ah the kids aren't dressed [02:05.06] [02:05.66]And the house is a mess [02:07.32] [02:08.23]And the yuppies are networking again [02:11.15] [02:12.42]Kiss their darlin's goodbye [02:13.98] [02:14.96]Oh we'll be late tonight [02:16.44] [02:17.13]But we should be home by eleven [02:20.46] [02:21.56]Oh me little dears dry up your tears [02:25.69] [02:26.28]Your parents are too busy making money [02:29.82] [02:31.07]Oh Mammy dear [02:32.25] [02:33.06]We're all mad over here [02:34.69] [02:35.52]Living in America [02:37.71] [02:40.30]Working with the black man [02:41.89] [02:42.50]Dominican and Greek [02:43.50] [02:45.04]In the snows of January [02:46.36] [02:46.91]Or the drenching August heat [02:48.78] [02:49.36]No sick days or benefits [02:51.35]And for Christ sakes don't get hurt [02:53.38] [02:53.96]The quacks over here won't patch you up [02:56.23]Unless they see the bucks upfront [02:57.47] [02:58.44]Looking after babies from crack of dawn'til dusk [03:02.23] [03:02.94]Changing dirty nappies and cleaning up the house [03:06.60] [03:07.46]Is this what i've been educated for [03:09.62] [03:10.38]To wipe the arse of every baby in America [03:15.39] [03:53.24]Now the day is done take the subway home [03:56.51] [03:57.57]Squashed up like some sardine in a can [04:00.63] [04:02.05]In the Blarney Stone drink a gallon of foam [04:06.12] [04:06.66]Till i'm feeling half meself again [04:09.86] [04:11.19]If she comes tonight [04:12.53] [04:13.44]I'll ask her outright [04:14.83] [04:15.45]Ah what the hell [04:16.54]Nothing ventured nothing gained [04:18.54] [04:20.41]And if she takes a chance [04:22.05] [04:22.66]She might find romance [04:24.10] [04:25.10]Now she's living in America [04:27.21] [04:29.28]See him standing there with the ring in his ear [04:33.78] [04:34.50]And the grin on the side of his face [04:36.94] [04:38.40]With the fag in his mouth [04:40.23] [04:40.85]Oh i should watch out [04:42.31] [04:43.02]For they say that he's a real hard case [04:45.81] [04:47.41]Should i take me chance or say no thanks [04:51.23] [04:51.97]Ah what the hell [04:53.16]Nothing ventured nothing gained [04:55.02] [04:56.54]Oh Mammy dear [04:58.31] [04:59.10]We're all mad over here [05:00.63] [05:01.67]Living in America [05:03.60] [05:05.52]Oh Mammy dear [05:07.29] [05:08.21]We're all mad over here [05:09.79] [05:10.99]Living in America [05:12.75] [05:14.67]Oh Mammy dear [05:16.46] [05:17.33]We're all mad over here [05:19.04] [05:20.02]Living in America [05:22.00] [05:23.78]Oh Mammy dear [05:25.45] [05:26.44]We're all mad over here [05:27.86] [05:28.78]Living in America