Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Stan Ridgway
Canonical path: /ridgway-stan/big-american-problem
Related lyric paths: 6
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Big American Problem
Read Big American Problem lyrics by Stan Ridgway on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Big American Problem
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Chorus:
I've got a big american problem
Somethin' that i cannot solve by myself
I've got a big american problem
Somethin' that i need some help from the shelf
Way down in somalia
Where the starving children play
Where our soldiers are sittin' around
Wonderin' just what to do with the day
There are many people in the hills
And the hills have eyes
There is someone that waits for me
Like a spider waits for a fly
Chorus:
I've got a big american problem
Somethin' that i cannot solve by myself
I've got a big american problem
Somethin' that i better take off the shelf
In sarajevo, there's lots of people standin'
Standin' there in the street, waitin' for you
Someone's comin' down to give them the answers
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Stan Ridgway performs "Big American Problem", and this lyric page sits inside the Stan Ridgway catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Mission In Life and Amnesia with a short reason for opening each page next.
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