Holiday Show 2015, Joe’s Pub NYC
Mike Errico-Guitar, vocal; Matt Beck- steel; Dave Scalia- Drums; Tomek Miernowski-Bass

American Royalty
© Mike Errico
Sky Blue Coupe De Ville Music, ASCAP

Two women are walking back from the east side
Talking TV
And one says, “Listen listen listen listen
I need some cameras
I gotta get some lights
‘Cause I’m not famous, and I’m not rich
And that just ain’t right
And if justice just depends on who you are
Then I pray some day I get busted blowing a movie star
Who needs the lottery?
I’ll make the long, slow crawl up the coattails of the American Royalty.”

Two men are walking back from the west side
Not talking, of course
And their DVRs are programmed
For channel 2 at 8
Militants with pipe bombs forming independent states and one says,
“I can’t live hand to mouth for the rest of my life
And I pray some day I get busted with the president’s wife
Who needs the lottery?
I’ll be this year’s back door man of the American Royalty”

Where they say
Tell me what it’s like to be the Sexiest Man Alive
You were down by twenty at the half, did you have to reach inside?
We the people want to know who you had to sacrifice
Was there tension on the set? Tell me
What is tension like?

Yeah, fuck the lottery
I’ll make the long, slow crawl up the coattails of the American Royalty

I am walking by the river
And all I really want is a decent night of sleep
And I’m meeting with demons that I wish I could forget
And walking on Canal Street I pass a mobile movie set
Made for TV
Something real, something gritty
Something for the people
Just a little something from the American Royalty

Where they say
Tell me what it’s like to be the Sexiest Man Alive
You were down by twenty at the half, did you have to reach inside?
We the people want to know who you had to sacrifice
Was there tension on the set? Tell me
What is tension like?