Golden Americans

Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

I can’t make change for your pink twenties

Well the buck stops here, baby that’s what you said

I hold you tight and I can feel you coming

Yeah, the cage is spinning but the hamster’s dead

Cause you’re looking better all the time

With an empty grin and an empty mind

I’m ok, hey, with everything you say

I fly in circles and I flap my arms

Like the rest of the pigeons in the Notre Dame

Hold my fire lest I get it wrong

Till somebody tells me what side I’m on

But you’re looking smarter all the time

Medicine for my angry mind

I’m ok, hey, with everything you say

Are you my golden American

I’ll ??? what state you’re in

Yeah who you sleep with or call as friend

You’re my golden American

And I’m ok, hey, with everything you say

And I’m ok, hey, you raise your flag that way

And I’m ok, hey, you waive your pride that way

And I’m ok, hey, you shake your ass that way, baby

Slit me open like a melon rind

Yeah, you scrape me clean, make your home inside

All my pride I shall abdicate

I shall wash the kitty, baby, I’ll lick the plates

But I like you better when you’re in control

Baby eat my body, baby eat my soul

And I’m ok, hey, with everything you say

Are you my golden American

Your vacancy sign still reels me in

Low maintenance is how I choose my friends

You’re my golden American

Are you my golden American

My television, my let’s pretend

My good guys gets the girls in the end

You’re my golden Amer, you’re my golden Amer

You’re my golden American

Transcription by

Kristin Schmitz