American Middle Class - Angaleena Presley

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American Middle Class Lyrics

Tear this poorhouse down
When you know how to build it back
Hammer a nail between your heart and your hometown
'til you can carry this country on your back

Mama glued the Keds signs
on the back of my little white shoes
Daddy never crossed the picket line
it was hard but we made it through
only had one little pair of stonewashed jeans
with a label on the back
I'm a product of the never-give-up
American middle class

Tear this poorhouse down
When you know how to build it back
Hammer a nail between your heart and your hometown
'til you can carry this country on your back

I got my education at a school they could afford
Scholarships went to the rich
and the grants went to the poor
so I stood behind the little downtown bar
for spending money, books, and gas
To be a certified member of the work-too-much
American middle class

Now daddy can't get his pension or Social Security
Worked thirty damn years in a coal mine
Feeding welfare families
Struggle hard and hide it well,
You sure ain't rich and you sure as hell
Ain't poor enough to get one little break
'cause everything would collapse
Without the hardworking, God-loving members of
the American middle class

Tear this poorhouse down
When you know how to build it back
Hammer a nail between your heart and your hometown
'til you can carry this country on your back

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Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the female country trio Pistol Annies.

Angaleena Presley was born in Martin County, Kentucky, and raised in Beauty, Kentucky. Her father Jimmy Presley, Sr., is a retired coal miner and her mother, Cathy Presley (née McCoy), is a retired school teacher. At age 15, her father taught her how to play her first song on his guitar, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard. She attended Sheldon Clark High School in Inez, Kentucky, and graduated in 1994. She attended college at Eastern Kentucky University.

In 2000, Presley moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she landed a publishing deal nine months later. Through her publisher she met Ashley Monroe, who later brought Presley's music to the attention of her friend, Miranda Lambert. The three artists began working together writing songs, which would later become Pistol Annies' debut album Hell on Heels, released on August 23, 2011. The group spent much of the next two years touring North America and writing songs for their follow-up album. On May 7, 2013, Pistol Annies released their second album Annie Up. On June 17, 2013, the RIAA announced that the album and single for Hell on Heels had both sold in excess of 500,000 copies, giving Pistol Annies their first Gold Record.

On October 14, 2014 Presley released her debut solo album, American Middle Class. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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