American Dream

歌詞

This used to be a one horse town But the pony went away Ended up in China ‘cause They make it cheaper there they say The store fronts all are empty And the factory is dead And these streets I used to walk on Well now they’re just my bed And I’m going down, down, down I’m going down Did a couple years of college But I just couldn’t make it stick Had to come back here and help mamma Because daddy left when she got sick She worked very day for nothing Until she turned 62 And the same day that I buried her The bank foreclosed on her house too That’s my American dream And I’ve been all that I can be With nothing left to lose at all I guess I’m free That’s my American dream, dream, dream That’s my American dream Now I stand here at this off ramp And smile as best I can With a sign that says Jesus loves you But it’s hard to think he gives a damn When they roll down their windows And put some spare change in my hand But I’d give it all right back To just be looked at like a man And I’m going down, down, down I’m going down When it’s cold I try the mission On nights like this I sleep outside Under a bridge beside the interstate Where I can hear those trucks roll by And imagine I’m inside one Just rolling down the road But I wake up just to realise That this place is now my home That’s my American dream And I’ve been all that I can be With nothing left to lose at all I guess I’m free That’s my American dream It disappeared in front of me With nothing left to lose at all I guess I’m free That’s my American dream, dream, dream It’s my American dream