Music Video
Francis Dunnery - American Life in the Summertime (Official Video 1994)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Francis Dunnery
Guitar
Julie Daniels
Background Vocals
Kevin Nixon
Harmonica
Matt Pegg
Bass Guitar
The Big Bad Horns
Horn
Duke Quartet
Strings
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Francis Dunnery
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(You know, I just had to get outta Los Angeles, man)
[Verse 2]
Johnny left home to seek his fame
Small town boy, the streets of L.A.
A daytime waiter in a nighttime band
Actin' cool, said he was a real man
Couldn't write a song to save his soul
Ripped off an old tune, said it was his own
Lo and behold, in another few days
Five-star dinner that the company pays
[Verse 3]
Johnny got a motor, johnny got a guitar
Johnny got a room and a woman to pay
Johnny got a big part, playin' in a video
Johnny on the freeway
[Verse 4]
Yeah, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
I said, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
You know the girl you want is such a waste of time
(American life in the summertime) Yeah
American life in the summertime
American life in the summertime, got me
[Verse 5]
Susie got a raise at work today
She found the new sound (Johnny on the freeway)
Virginity blown, the minimum age
Busy doin' nothing on another man's wages
Blonde hair and mystic eyes
A bottle of pills and a little on the wild side
Saturday come, and Saturday go
Hangin' out backstage, waiting for the show
[Verse 6]
Susie got a motor, Susie got a guitar
Susie got a room that the company pays
A company girl and a company slave
Susie on the freeway
[Verse 7]
Yeah, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
I said, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
You know the girl you want is such a waste of time
(American life in the summertime) Yeah
American life in the summertime
American life in the summertime, got me
[Verse 8]
It breaks my heart to see a nation cloned by someone else's poetry
They got their backs snapped by twelve-inch pressure
Of financial bigotry
You know I still got pride in who I wanna be
I don't wanna be like them, I just wanna be me
A record company clone? Not me
I'm still singin'
[Verse 9]
(Sing everything you got)
(American life in the summertime)
[Verse 10]
American life in the summertime
American life in the summertime
American life in the summertime ain't for me
[Verse 11]
Let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
I said, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
You know the girl you want is such a waste of time
(American life in the summertime)
I said, the girl you want is such a waste of time
(American life in the summertime)
[Verse 12]
I said, let's go drink till the beer runs dry
(American life in the summertime)
Let's go drink till the beer runs dry
Written by: Francis Dunnery
