Big American Headliner

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[Verse 1]
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Had me a dream, almost obscene
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I never had a dream any finer
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Had me a taste in the land of waste
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And the dream that we chased
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As we became the big American 
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headliner
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Oh yeah, uh-huh


[Verse 2]
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Foamin' at the mouth we up and 
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headed south
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South of the parallel 49er
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Had us a dream of Rolling Stone 
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magazine
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And the girls they don't screamed
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We became the big American headliner
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Oh yeah, uh-huh


[Verse 3]
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Visions of sold out shows and 
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candy for your nose
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In America, anything goes, as we 
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were soon to find
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It doesn't matter what they place is
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You can act like Oasis
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Screw 'till yer blue in the faces
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When you become the big American 
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headliner
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Oh yeah, uh-huh


[Verse 4]
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And Leno said he loved our sound
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As we were the toast of tinsel town
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Everyone and their dog came 'round 
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to the scene
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To be seen
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We did a “guest spot” on Friends
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And sang our songs on Letterman
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We looked towards the mighty Yen
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'Cause the Japanese, Japanese love 
the big American headliner
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Oh yeah, uh-huh


[Guitar Solo]
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[Bridge]
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Woke up in a hotel room in 
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downtown Saskatoon
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We gotta leave this afternoon for 
Regina


[Verse 5]
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Yeah, we've got us an opening slot
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These warmup gigs they never pay a 
lot
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My patience, nerves and credit is 
shot
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But tonight we open for
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They keep the door
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The big American headliner
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Oh yeah


[Otro]
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And you gotta be on at 9er
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And the off by half past 9er
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Oh yeah
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And we can't use their drum riser
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So we drink their fucking rider
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Oh yeah, uh-huh
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The big American Headliner