American Dream

For all the high highs, been taking low lows

I’m in a 10 year town, but I can see through the smoke

Dismissed by men that are half my age

Playing shittier songs on a bigger stage

But you know

Our starting lines are not the same

 

Is this American Dream

All it’s made out to be?

Working twice as hard to get half as far

Just to be told we should change who we are oh no

This American dream isn’t enough for me

 

Could fill a stadium with all the people that said

You’re too emotional, you need more confidence

Pouring out my heart but that just don’t sell

No one wants to hear women going through hell

But you know

I’m gonna prove you wrong, I’ve got a story to tell

 

Is this American Dream

All it’s made out to be?

Working twice as hard to get half as far

Just to be told we should change who we are, oh no

This American dream

Isn't enough for me

Well I’m not gonna stop putting out

All the things I need to say

If the numbers don’t follow

I'll sing it anyway

If a tree falls in the woods, do you hear it?

If it’s not a number one, you still feel it

 

I’m not gonna stop putting out

All the things I need to say

If the numbers don’t follow

I'll sing it anyway

Because my voice still matters

Let my resilience shatter

This American dream

That never was cut out

For someone like me

Is this American Dream

All it’s made out to be?

Working twice as hard to get half as far

Just to be told we should change who we are well, no

This American dream,

This American dream

Isn’t enough for me