All American Alien Boy Lyrics - Jaco - Jaco Pastorius

I packed my bags - in the land of rags 

'Cause I don't believe in them dimmo drags 

Don't want to vote for the left wing - don't want to vote for the right 

I gotta have both-to make me fly 

Just a whitey from Blighty - heading out west 

Got my little green card an' my bulletproof vest 

Goin' to old tube city - where the buzz is the best 

On down the line (down the line) down the line (down the line) 

Well I was born (on the line) an' I was raised (on the line) 

I was schooled (on the line) an' I was fazed (on the line) 

An' I was used (on the line) an' I was dazed (on the line) 

Just had to split (off the line) 'cause I was crazed (off the line) 

An' I remember all the good times - me 'n Miller enjoyed 

Up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy 

But the future has to change - and to change I've got to destroy 

Oh look out Lennon here I come - land ahoy-hoy-hoy 

All American Alien Boy All American Alien Boy 

Don't look down put your feet on the ground don't drown in the big aquarium 

Don't walk slow - put on a big show - shove your meat down vegetarians 

Don't get slugged, get mugged, get bugged, or they'll sling you in the jug 

Shove you under some rug, give you some drug - pull out the plug and then... 

And they're telling me this hamburger's cheaper than the other 

An' this television's cheaper than the other 

And they're selling me hotdogs cheaper than the other 

An' these pizzas cheaper than the other 

And I don't understand all this - I'm just an All American Alien Boy 

An' they're telling me rifles are shot in Connecticut 

They're telling me pistols are shot in Westchester 

You can get a Saturday Night Special on Flatbush, on the Bowery, or the Bronx 

Or on 42nd Street - And I don't understand all this - being an All American Alien Boy 

I've got sodium nitrate rotting in my guts 

My head's full of ulcers I got lungs full of butts 

My heart wants a transplant - it thinks that I'm nuts 

My logic won't open - my eyes won't shut 

An' I'm beginning to dig all this - being an All American Alien Boy 

And your women are always right (alright) 

They always know so much more 

'Cause the women came from heaven 

An' the men came outta some store 

An' they don't know who they are and they don't know what they're for 

I'm an All American Alien Boy - look out Mary Tyler Moore 

All American Alien Boy 

Ten Bears, Two Bears, Standing Bear, Plenty Bear, 

Old Bear, Brave Bear, Hollow Horn Bear 

Silver Knife, Spotted Tail, Yellow Hand, Red Cloud, 

Red Fox, Red Horse, Black Kettle, 

White Ghost, White Bull, White Thunder, White Hog, 

hold on a minute gotta frog in my throat 

Cochise, Alchise, Roman Nose, Geronimo - hold on a minute - more to go 

Sitting Bull, Tall Bull, Crazy Horse and Short Bull, 

Low Dog, Red Dog, Yellow Wolf, Low Wolf 

Loco, Victorio, Chato, Little Crow, Dead Eyes, Jak, Taza an' Colorow 

My mouth's exploding that's enough of this noise 

I guess we're all - All American Alien Boys.