American Slang

We are graffiti on a subway train

Two hands shape of a heart

Lyrics on a Coca-Cola classic can

The promises whispered in the dark

We are Hemingway in a dive bar

I love you in a dead language

Progress running through them telephone wires

Sneakers hangin' by the laces

We are the back roads dirty water soul banks

From the city to the country doing our thing, our way

We say things how we're gonna say

With freedom of our age

We are born and raised on American slang

Born and raised on American slang, yeah

We are vampires on Hollywood Boulevard

Angels and sinners of our hometown streets

An autobiography in a sleeve tattoo

Our broken hearts that still beat

We are the back roads dirty water soul banks

From the city to the country doing our thing, our way

We say things how we're gonna say

With freedom of our age

We are born and raised on American slang

Born and raised on American slang, yeah

She was Marilyn and Daisy Duke

He was Dean and DiCaprio

Neon turned into LED

Lost boys all came home singin'

We are the back roads dirty water soul banks

From the city to the country doing our thing, our way

We say things how we're gonna say

With freedom of our age

We are born and raised on American slang

We are the back roads dirty water soul banks

From the city to the country doing our thing, our way

We say things how we're gonna say

With freedom of our age

We are born and raised on American slang

Born and raise on American Slang