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An American Boyfriend

from An American Boyfriend by The Sleepers

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  • Rare Punk Power Pop Single
    Label: Schizophonic Records - SR0002
    Format: 7" Vinyl
    Country: US
    Released: 1982
    Vinyl Condition: New/Excellent
    Sleeve Condition: New/Excellent
    Band Members:
    Jeff Smith- guitar/vox
    Steve Cooper- bass
    Steve Brigida-drums/distressed duck call
    Produced by The Sleepers & Norm Rowland/Peduncle

    There are also a dozen more in white paper sleeves.
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I heard a bit of a conversation in a grocery store on day back one the 80's, in Arlington Virginia.

lyrics

AN AMERICAN BOYFRIEND

Su Ling is in this country
Looking for a new way of life
She's looking hard at looking for work
It's starting to get her down

But in her letters to her mother and father
She tells them not to believe
Everything they might read in the papers

Cause America is beautiful
When America is free
And things will be getting better
As soon as I get me
An American Boyfriend

Everybody's talking foreign
I don't understand the language
She thinks she might be picking up phrases
But nothing she can use in conversation

chorus

Su Ling is so confused
In the land of opportunity
She sees the natives out of work
She wonder if she'll ever fit in.

credits

from An American Boyfriend, released May 17, 2017
Mike Shuup guitar
Steve Cooper bass
Jeff Smith guitar vocal
Steve Brigida drumset

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Jeff Smith Virginia

Inspired and influenced by early country, blues, rock and pop
Jeff Smith writes songs and tells elongated and elliptical stories about them. Jeff's Appalachian drawl slides in and around his guitar playing and Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs swing on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. Now residing in the swamps of Virginia, Smith performs club gigs and
concerts.
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