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American Idle

American Idle lyrics by Less Than Jake. We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs That got out somehow without looking back It's over It's over We were the ones...

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American Idle

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We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs

That got out somehow without looking back

It's over

It's over

We were the ones that grew up too fast

On the front porch steps when we still had friends

It's over

It's over

We were the kids who were laughing last

With big ideas and failed attempts

It's over

It's over

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

It's in the way

We can't explain

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

So we always keep them locked away

Lock them away

We were the kids who would scrape [?] and say

That we'll wait around for some better days

It's over

It's over

We were the kids that looked one-by-one

We said we would when we were young

It's over

Yeah, it's over

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

It's in the way

We can't explain

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

So we always keep them locked away

It's in the way

We slowly replace

The pieces we left in yesterday

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

It's in the way

We can't explain

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

So we always keep them locked away

It's in the way

We slowly replace

The pieces we left in yesterday

It's in the way

These memories will fade

So we always keep them locked away

We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs

That got out somehow without looking back

It's over

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