American Dream

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