American Spy lyrics

Song information

Artist: Ian Hunter
Album: Rant

Lyrics

Neon lights in the pouring rain - it's just another saturday
Avoid the bomber boys comin' out the indian - looking for a holiday
I left home on the 4th of july - in nineteen hundred and seventy five
I'm just a pirate with a patch over one eye
Wanna buy a drink for an american spy?

I spent fourteen years on the factory floor
I never took a day off sick
I was workin' away all day on the centre lathe
Tryin' to get it done quick
I was always in the red - never in the black
You make a little money 'n they take it all back
This ain't the way to spend the rest of my life
Wanna buy a drink for an american
Wanna buy a drink for an american spy?

Englishmen don't commit suicide - they move to the usa
They got big back yards and platinum cards
'N everyday's a holiday
Seedy little snobs - I don't wanna know 'em
I don't trust them fuckers as far as I can throw 'em
Cast your fate to the winds say i
Wanna buy a drink for an american spy?

Don't ask me - sounded like a plan
Go west, go west, go west young man
I've had enough of that old school tie
Wanna buy a drink for an american
Do ya wanna buy a drink for an american (spy)?
Do ya wanna buy a drink for an american spy?

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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