who's grown up a gay man in this world. Our hero, a young gay man, misreads signals from another man and ends up left in the dust with that unsatisfied longing for what could have been.
The video, which cost Grand $7K of his own money to make, adds an effective visual to the story told in the song, and the result is an indie smash from a genre not known for being so open about the topic. The song is decidedly country, but like fellow indie artist Macklemore & Lewis, I am rooting for Grand. You go boy!
All American Boy
Ripped Jeans, only drinks whiskey
I find him by the fire while his girl was getting friskey, ohh
I say we go this road tonight
He smiles, his arms around her
but his eyes are holdin me, just a captive to his wonder, ohh
I say we go this road tonight
now I know that that’s your girl, I mean no disrespect
I’ll be sittin her, drinking my whiskey
I won’t say goodnight unless I think ya might miss me, ohh
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday’s the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my
my All-American boy
Ripped jeans, tight shirt
I drink the moonlight from his eyes
Now hold there, just a moment
Now hold there, just a moment
I want to take this in now we don’t need no photo of it, no
we should go this road tonight
now I know that that’s your girl, and I don’t give a damn
now I know that that’s your girl, and I don’t give a damn
she’s been cusin and cryin, she don’t know what she has
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so I’ll be, sittin here, tryin hold down my whiskey,
you tell your girl good night cause somebody’d like to kiss me, ohh
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday’s the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my
my All-American boy
Of all the girls and boys to look my way
Ain’t no body ever hit me this way
so won’t you come back with me
and lay with me a while
I’m gonna wrestle you out of them clothes,
leave that beautiful body exposed,
and you can have my heart and my soul and my body…
just be mine
Be my All-American boy tonight
baby you light my fire
baby you light my fire
its gonna be alright, alright!
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday’s the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my…
just, be my, be my…
my All-American boy
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