Unworthy American
1967 · Cass 112C · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- The Mergers
- Title
- Unworthy American
- Release
- Loving You / Unworthy American
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Cass # 112C
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Peters, Kukier, Leach
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"Unworthy American" (Mergers, The) (Cass # 112C). Detroit, Michigan.12 Garage rock. Anti-war protest, referenced the Vietnam War.Sources1faac.us↩2Beyond the Calico Wall: The Mergers, 'Unworthy American' (1967)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- "Unworthy American" (Mergers, The) (Cass # 112C). Detroit, Michigan.12 - Garage rock. Anti-war protest, referenced the Vietnam War.Sources1faac.us↩2Beyond the Calico Wall: The Mergers, 'Unworthy American' (1967)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Somewhere the skies turn red / Somewhere there's many people dead / Whose to care, people only live for themselves / Got a neighbor, got a gun, shoot a friend / Someday buddy it's gonna end / But whose to care, you'll be the first to complain / Don't you say that the president is wrong / Don't blame Congress they're never there that long / There men like you, but you're the one whose to blame / The day you were born was the day that you died / You've got no conscience, you've got no pride / You live for yourself for yourself to survive... / So don't look up to Russia, don't look down at Cuba / Don't look up to China or Vietnam / Take a look out your window man / Take a look out your door, you'll see it
Notes
Cass 112C (70724B), yellow label, 45 RPM; "Unworthy American" (Peters-Kukier-Leach), time 3:19, Double H Music Pub., BMI; produced by Roger Peters; © 1967 Double U Sound Recording Inc. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed Detroit, Michigan
Themes
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]