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Released: August 12, 1978

Songwriter: Joe Puerta David Pack

Producer: Ambrosia Freddie Piro

(Puerta-Pack)

I was living in Angola
Reading in the paper
'Bout the new depression
Got the States upset

Still, I just can't see
How only one TV
And two slightly used cars
Causes such regrets

In this country such as ours
If we had these things
We would either be European
Or descend from kings

Oh! Sometimes, you know
I hunger for more than food
For more than the shelter
From the cold monsoons
I'd like swimmin' pools
And refrigerated air
And an extra room to spare
(No more ten to a room)
And a thinking color set
With a close-up zoom

But in this country such as ours
If we had these things
We'd be a U.N. delegation
Or a visiting queen

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And you remember well
The day when old Wall Street fell
And do you fear it again?
Still there is one major difference
In just how we see some things
What you call poor we call prosperity

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh! Sometimes, you know
I hunger for more than food
For more than the shelter
From the cold monsoons
I'd like swimmin' pools
And refrigerated air
And an extra room to spare
(No more ten to a room)
And a thinking color set
With a close-up zoom

But in this country such as ours
If we had these things
We'd be a U.N. delegation
Or a visiting queen

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh Living in Angola ...

Ambrosia

Ambrosia is a soft rock band from Los Angeles discovered in 1971 by Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured the group as part of an All-American Dream Concert (Pops concert). It took them another four years to get signed to a record contract.

Between 1975 and 1982, Ambrosia racked up five Grammy nominations, toured with Fleetwood Mac, Heart, and The Doobie Brothers, and scored five US top 40 hits including two top fives: “Biggest Part Of Me” and “How Much I Feel”.

The group split in 1982, but reunited in 1989 and has continued touring and releasing compilations of their old hits. In 2015, the group released a new single, “Hopes and Dreams”, which was featured in the Fox series The Sparrows.

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