American Dream (Demo) Lyrics

Nobody shoots at me, I'm 23, got a college education

I make just enough to pay my bills and take a small vacation

I've got a magic piece of plastic in my pocket at all times

It's got a camera and can answer any question I can find

There's no reason I should ever feel I'm not livin' like a King

But every month or so I get real low thinkin' I don't have a thing

The American dream

Is getting closer to doing nothing than to making two ends meet

And I can't imagine in my children's children's sleep

What they'll have left of the American dream

My great grandpa couldn't read or write, put in 16 hour days

And came home dirty as a preacher skimmin' money from the plate

Never left North Carolina or set foot on a beach

But he was happy as I ever was with sand beneath my feet

The American dream

Is getting closer to doing nothing than to making two ends meet

And I can't imagine in my children's children's sleep

What they'll have left of the American dream

Men and women die for who knows what and who knows why

But it's the worst thing I could do

To spend what little time I'm given here to live a life

Wasting one just wishin' I had two

The American dream

Is getting closer to doing nothing than to making two ends meet

And I can't imagine in my children's children's sleep

What they'll have left of the American dream