[ti: The American Dream]
[ar: Jonathan Pryce]
[al:  Miss Saigon - Original London Cast]
[00:11.69]#ENGINEER #My father was a tattoo artist in Haiphong
[00:14.89]
[00:17.19]But his designs on mother didn't last too long
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[00:22.39]My mother sold her body,
[00:24.63]high on Betel nuts
[00:26.24]
[00:27.56]My job was bringing red-faced monsieurs to our huts
[00:32.56]Selling your mom is a wrench
[00:35.69]Perfume can cover a stench
[00:38.90]That's what I learned from the French
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[00:46.03]Then it all changed with Dien Bien Phu
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[00:52.01]The frogs went home.
[00:52.64]Who came?
[00:53.57]Guess who?
[00:55.12]
[00:57.33]Are you surprised we went insane
[00:59.86]
[01:03.52]With dollars pouring down like rain?
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[01:09.74]Businessmen never rob banks
[01:12.31]You can sell shit and get thanks
[01:15.83]That's what I learned from the Yanks
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[01:20.80]I'm fed up with small-time hustles
[01:26.26]I'm too good to waste my talent for greed
[01:31.00]I need room to flex my muscles
[01:36.57]In an ocean where the big sharks feed
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[01:41.76]Make me Yankee,
[01:44.23]they're my family
[01:47.82]They're selling what people need
[01:52.15]
[01:55.30]What's that I smell in the air
[01:57.95]The American dream
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[02:03.09]Sweet as a new millionaire
[02:06.37]The American dream
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[02:11.72]Pre-packed,
[02:12.87]ready-to-wear
[02:14.94]The American dream
[02:17.27]
[02:19.72]Fat, like a chocolate eclair
[02:23.42]As you suck out the cream
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[02:29.52]Luck by the tail
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[02:34.29]How can you fail?
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[02:38.27]And best of all,
[02:39.88]it's for sale
[02:41.24]The American dream
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[02:45.91]Greasy chinks make life so sleazy
[02:50.37]In the States I'll have a club that's four-starred
[02:54.40]Men like me there have things easy
[02:58.63]They have a lawyer and a body-guard
[03:02.64]To the Johns there I'll sell blondes there
[03:07.45]That they can charge on a card
[03:13.24]
[03:15.64]What's that I smell in the air?
[03:18.75]The American dream
[03:22.28]
[03:23.87]Sweet as a suite in Bel-air
[03:27.44]The American dream
[03:30.23]
[03:32.46]Girls can buy tits by the pair
[03:35.31]The American dream
[03:37.79]
[03:39.84]Bald people think they'll grow hair
[03:43.19]The American dream
[03:46.63]
[03:48.44]Call girls are lining time square
[03:52.06]The American dream
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[03:56.90]Bums there have money to spare
[04:00.34]The American dream
[04:03.90]
[04:05.63]Cars that have bars take you there
[04:08.82]The American dream
[04:10.81]
[04:13.16]On stage each night: Fred Astaire
[04:17.13]The American dream
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[04:21.72]Shlitz down the drain!
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[04:25.62]Pop the Champagne!
[04:27.60]
[04:29.43]It's time we all entertain
[04:31.74]My American dream!
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[04:45.27]#ENGINEER & CROWD#Busboys can buy the hotel
[04:46.86]The American dream
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[04:52.15]Wall Street is ready to sell
[04:54.44]The American dream
[04:57.37]
[04:59.81]Come make a life from thin air
[05:02.27]The American dream
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[05:07.65]Come and get more than your share
[05:10.16]The American dream
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[05:15.33]#ENGINEER#There
[05:16.30] I will crown
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[05:20.18]Miss Chinatown
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[05:24.03]All yours for ten percent down
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[05:26.65]#ALL#The American dream!
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