American Dream

I know that I'll never go back home

To the life I had, the life that I had known

They put me on the cover of their magazines

Scarlet skies and broken dreams

They promised me that we would change the world

For better or for worst

All I wanted was the rock 'n roll

All I wanted was to see the world

But happenings on the streets

Are mingo with the cooch and pit

Is this not, the life that you wanted

You wanted to have?

Is this not, how you imagine it would be

When you would start to live in Hollywood

They tell me to dress so they scared

Look so though like you just don't care

We'll package you, and put you on display

And everyone gets their car

And we'll cruise down the hole and drive

And we'll all feel so alive and well

This is well, this is what I've waited for

Is this not, the life that you wanted

You wanted to have?

Is this not, how you imagine it would be

When you would start to live in Hollywood

What have we done?

What have we become?

Nobody grows, oh, in Hollywood

With your plastic smile, and your VIPs

Your credit cards and your fansy hills

You are the modern day Robin Hood with a twist

Who takes from the poor

And gives to the rich

Who takes from the poor

And gives to the rich

You're all so dead inside