The American Dream

I'm only 1,299,000 left Till I'm set for retirement And the minimum wage Ain't changed in 15 years Well, ain't that inspiring And I'm too damn tired to fight So I wait for the man To make it alright But hand over heart It's getting real hard to believe Welcome to life In the land of the free You gotta be a whole lot richer than me Betting it all on a fantasy Is that why they call it The American American Dream American Dream Drowning in debt Sea to shining sea At least we're all living The American American Dream Yea, the American Dream Hey, everybody's life On the internet Looks better than mine So I play pretend Hiding all the worst bits Under the surface And acting like the damn top 1% Ya everybody's flying to France I was gonna go too But I remembered I can't Cause hand over heart I put gas in my car With the last of my cash Welcome to life In the land of the free You gotta be a whole lot richer than me Betting it all on a fantasy Is that why they call it The American American Dream American Dream Drowning in debt Sea to shining sea At least we're all living The American Dream Hey hey I'm still trying To keep this American Dream from dying Hey hey I'm gonna find it The red white and blue of a silver lining Hey hey I'm still trying Singing hey hey I'm gonna find it The red white and blue of a silver lining Welcome to life In the land of the free You gotta be a whole lot richer than me Betting it all on a fantasy Is that why they call it The American Dream American Dream Drowning in debt Sea to shining sea At least we're all living The American Dream Hey hey I'm still trying To keep this American Dream from dying Hey hey I'm gonna find it The red white and blue of a silver lining