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American Dream
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An acoustic-based song featuring Kim Duffy (Kimba). Check out "Every Second, Every Day" if you like her voice. (Scroll down for more)
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Start with an Acoustic guitar broth. Blend together thoroughly with Rock. Heat over a slow flame. Add a pinch each of Funk, Reggae, Classical, Noise, Blues and
Start with an Acoustic guitar broth. Blend together thoroughly with Rock. Heat over a slow flame. Add a pinch each of Funk, Reggae, Classical, Noise, Blues and Jazz. Season with plenty of Humor. Simmer for years.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Vocals
Charts
Peak #142
Peak in subgenre #18
Author
Steve Gallo
Rights
2010
Uploaded
January 21, 2010
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MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:26
Story behind the song
My grandparents immigrated to the US just a couple of generations ago. They, like so many others, entered this country through the doors of Ellis Island in New York Harbor, sailing right past the Statue of Liberty in the process.
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American dream, that’s what the lady in the harbor means, American dream, home of the oppressed and model to the free. Your folks were probably immigrants, mine were, too, and it was Ellis Island that they passed through; and when they saw Miss Liberty aglow upon the shore, she symbolized hope, and something more, the welcome beacon, open door to the… Persecuted refugees with only their dreams have come to America in constant streams to this land of opportunity, our USA, land of the free, home of the brave through history and still today, it’s the… Yes, the dream is still alive today, there’s something in the land, and in our helping hands, the spirit still survives that keeps the dream alive… You say today it’s not the same, they’re here for Yankee luck, that no one has ideals today, they’re out to make a buck! you say it’s always been that way, well, maybe that’s true; ‘cause it’s the sacrifices of the few that guard the red white and blue, and the…
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