American Dreamers – The Ballad of Joey and Amy

Published May 14, 2010

This song is for my cousins to the South. You have a hard road ahead of you but you’ve also a new president who seems thoughtful and genuine. Best of luck to you all. k Rhythm guitar is an epiphone les paul classic. Lead is a music man pushed through a regent amp, recorded on a beyerdynamic m88 into a tascam dp01-fx recorder. Voice on the m88. My thanks to Ace who took time out of his extraordinarily busy schedule to do the lead track for me. Just a note to say, no dolls were harmed in the shooting of this video though I did detect a slight bit of trepidation on their part. The original music is available on CD Baby… cdbaby.com and on itunes.apple.com (just search inlandviews) and… at amazon www.amazon.com Joey grew up on the lower East side With hard brown eyes, you know he never cried Amy was his lover; shes a bleached blonde thing With a crystalline attitude, loaded with bling Running from the memory of a fathers love American dreamers; come push or shove Joey paid the rent selling yahoo on the street But he wasnt really smart enough, he couldnt compete They made love that day in a mattress on the floor With the wall sure sweating and a note on the door Saying rust never sleeps, so let it be American dreamers; dreaming they are free They stayed up all night taking bikes apart Chain smoking cigarettes, just living the part Looking for the bolts in the cracks in the floor Jumping at sounds outside their door Living on adrenaline, vicariously American dreamers; I …

American Dreamers – The Ballad of Joey and Amy

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