Jonathan Pryce & Company - American Dream (Miss Saigon) Lyrics

Lyrics American Dream (Miss Saigon) - Jonathan Pryce & Company



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
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
You can sell shit and get thanks
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 fam'ly
They're selling what people need
What's that I smell in the air
The American dream
Sweet as a new millionaire
The American dream
Pre-packed, ready-to-wear
The American dream
Fat, like a chocolate eclair
As you suck out the cream
Luck by the tail
How can you fail?
And best of all, it's for sale
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
They have a lawyer and a body-guard
To the Johns there I'll sell blondes there
That they can charge on a card
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
Call girls are lining time square
The American dream
Bums there have money to spare
The American dream
Cars that have bars take you there
The American dream
On stage each night: Fred Astaire
The American dream
Shlitz down the drain!
Pop the Champagne!
It's time we all entertain
My American dream!
Busboys can buy the hotel
The American dream
Wall Street is ready to sell
The American dream
Come make a life from thin air
The American dream
Come and get more than your share
The American dream
There I will crown
Miss Chinatown
All yours for ten percent down
The American dream



Writer(s): Richard E. Maltby, Alain Albert Boublil, Claude Michel Schonberg


Jonathan Pryce & Company - Hey Mr Producer! - The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

1 We Said We Wouldn't Look Back (Salad Days)
2 Cats Overture (Cats)
3 Food Glorious Food (Oliver!)
4 Wouldn't It Be Loverly? (My Fair Lady)
5 Quit Professor Higgins (My Fair Lady)
6 The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady)
7 Get Me to the Church On Time (My Fair Lady)
8 I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (My Fair Lady)
9 Introduction (1)
10 One Two Three (the Fix)
11 Little Shop of Horrors (Little Shop of Horrors)
12 Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors)
13 Suddenly Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)
14 Day By Day (Godspell)
15 I Get a Kick Out of You (Anything Goes)
16 Variations (Song & Dance)
17 Unexpected Song (Song & Dance)
18 Nicer in Nice (the Boy Friend)
19 I Love a Lassie (Lauder)
20 Five Guys Named Moe / Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? (Five Guys Named Moe)
21 Pick a Pocket or Two (Oliver!)
22 As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver!)
23 Introduction (2)
24 I'm Martin Guerre (Martin Guerre)
25 How Many Tears? (Martin Guerre)
26 The Heat Is On in Saigon (Miss Saigon)
27 The Wedding (Miss Saigon)
28 The Last Night of the World (Miss Saigon)
29 This Is the Hour (Miss Saigon)
30 American Dream (Miss Saigon)
31 The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
32 Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
33 Broadway Baby (Follies)
34 Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!)
35 Carousel Waltz - Ballet (Carousel)
36 Porch Scene (Carousel)
37 You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
38 Side By Side (Company)
39 You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Company)
40 Send in the Clowns (a Little Night Music)
41 Losing My Mind (Follies)
42 Being Alive (Company)
43 You Gotta Get a Gimmick (Gypsy)
44 Introduction (4)
45 Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (Tomfoolery)
46 Jellicle Songs (Cats)
47 Memory (Cats)
48 Stars (Les Misérables)
49 Do You Hear the People Sing? (Les Misérables)
50 On My Own (Les Misérables)
51 Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)
52 One Day More (Les Misérables)
53 We Said We Wouldn't Look Back (Salad Days)
54 Turn Back O Man (Godspell - Bonus Track)
55 I'd Do Anything (Oliver! - Bonus Track)
56 As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver! - Bonus Track)
57 Show Me (My Fair Lady - Bonus Track)
58 Lullaby (After Shave - Bonus Track)
59 There's No Harm in Asking (Just So - Bonus Track)



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