American Dream

I used to see you on every T.V

Your smiling face looked back at me

I used to see you on every T.V

Your smiling face looked back at me

Then they caught you with the girl next door

People's money piled on the floor

Accusations that you try to deny

Revelations and rumors begin to fly

Now you think about reaching out

Try to get some help from above

Now you think about reaching out

Try to get some help from above

Reporters crowd around your house

Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds

Speculating what they may find out

It don't matter now, you're all washed up

You wake up in the middle of the night

Your sheets are wet and your face is white

You tried to make a good thing last

How could something so good, go bad, so fast?

American dream, American dream

American dream, American dream

Don't know when things went wrong

Might have been when you were young and strong

Don't know when things went wrong

Might have been when you were young and strong

Reporters crowd around your house

Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds

Speculating what they may find out

It don't matter now, you're all washed up

Don't know when things went wrong

Might have been when you were young and strong

American dream, American dream

Don't know when things went wrong

Might have been when you were young and strong

American dream, American dream