Breakfast in America is a song written by Roger Hodgsonone of the founders of supertrapwhen he was just coming out of adolescence.
His mind is drowned in the mists of his native England, he dreams of the California sun and the music that lulls a carefree youth there.
On the old harmonium who sits on the throne in her grandmother’s living room, she lets her inspiration flow and imagines herself as a Hollywood star chased by hordes of fans and journalists.
When he writes the song, Roger Hodgson does not suspect its premonitory aspect, because what it is played in Breakfast in America it goes…
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