Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hits in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1986 love song "The Lady in Red" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## BAD RELIGION - "American Jesus"
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AC I don't need to be a global citizen
FG because I'm blessed by nationality
AC I'm a member of a growing populace
FG we enforced our popularity
AC there are things that seem to pull us under and
FG there are things that drag us down
AC but there's a power and a vital presence
FE that's lurking all around
ACFG we've got the american jesus
ACFG see him on the interstate
ACDF we've got the american jesus
AGF he helped build the president's estate
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I feel sorry for the earth's population 'cuz so few live in the u.s.a. at least the foreigners can copy our morality they can visit but they cannot stay only precious few can garner our prosperity it makes us walk with renewed confidence we've got a place to go when we die and the architecht resides right here
we've got the american jesus postering the ...(?)... we've got the american jesus overwhelming millions every day
he's the farmer's barren fields the force the army wields the expression in the faces of the starving millions the power of the man he's the fuel that drives the clan he's the motive and the conscience of the murderer he's the preacher on tv the false sincerity the form letter that's written by the big computers he's the nuclear bombs and the kids with no moms and I'm fearful that he's inside me