American Standard
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

well here in electric city
built the Calvin Coolidge dam
with American Standard concrete
and a russian, cuban, jewish man

we day glow paint our money
we've had visions once or twice
as our flags wave on the boulevard
morals carved in ice

American Standard
aim to please
American Standard
love everyone, everyone we see
American Standard
aim to please
American Standard

well brand the cattle
we brand the children
conviction's firm when we know what's ours
apples, onions, mustard, relish
basketball, foreign cars

hip hip hooray for Louis Armstrong,
Miles Davis, John Wayne
three gracious cheers for god almighty
all aboard the gravy train

American Standard
aim to please
American Standard
love everyone, everyone we see
American Standard
we aim to please
American Standard

hip hooray for Louis Armstrong,
Freddie Mercury, John Wayne,
three gracious cheers for god almighty
all aboard the gravy train

we got no secrets, no fears
you call our names, you've got our ears
say our prayers for 3rd world babies
baskin' in these our golden years

American Standard
aim to please
American Standard
love everyone, everyone we see
American Standard
we aim to please
American Standard

Transcribed from
12/30/01 St. Johns Pub, Portland, OR
by Patrick Sprowls