American Spy
(Ian Hunter
Neon lights in the pouring rain - it's just another Saturda
Avoid the bovver boys comin' out the Indian - looking for an affra
I left home on the 4th of July - in nineteen hundred and seventy fiv
I'm just a pirate with a patch over one ey
Wanna buy a drink for an American Spy
I spent fourteen years on the factory floo
I never took a day off sic
I was workin' away all day on the Centre Lath
Tryin' to get it done quic
I was always in the red - never in the blac
You make a little money 'n they take it all bac
This ain't the way to spend the rest of my lif
Wanna buy a drink for an American
Wanna buy a drink for an American Spy
Englishmen don't commit suicide - they move to the US
They got big back yards and Platinum card
'N everyday's a holida
Seedy little snobs - I don't wanna know 'e
I don't trust them fuckers as far as I can throw 'e
Cast your fate to the winds say
Wanna buy a drink for an American Spy
Don't ask me - sounded like a pla
Go west, go west, go west young ma
I've had enough of that old school ti
Wanna buy a drink for an America
Do ya wanna buy a drink for an American (Spy)
Do ya wanna buy a drink for an American Spy?