American Dreamer

I know a woman

Her husband died and he left her with two little children

So she went back to school and she got a degree in business

Yeah, now she owns one

And she taught those kids: You can do anything

With the heart of a true believer

Yeah, she's an American dreamer

And I've got a woman

And she waits for me with the light on 'cause she knows I'm coming

And she talks about babies and building a house in the country

Yeah, where it's sunny

And she's got faith that can do anything

But she'll never know how much I need her

Yeah, she's an American dreamer

Back in the sixties, well haggard's in prison

He's thinking about writing a tune

And a guy named Armstrong was crazy enough

To think he could walk on the Moon

And a preacher named King, well, he had a dream

He believed we could all live as one

And a soldier somewhere is praying for peace

While he's cleaning his gun

American dreamers

And I had a father; he said: Son, if something ain't real

Then you don't even bother

And he wasn't a saint

But I'd swear the man walked on water

Yeah, and he taught me

I ain't just a long-legged hell-raising

Son of a pipelining, honky-tonk singer

Yeah, I'm an American dreamer

I'm an American dreamer