American Dream

(Do something with your life)

Ooh, ooh

We broke down, trying to leave town

Flying down the road to change

We were born to run

Cali, here we come

Escape from Nowhere, USA

Say goodbye to white picket fences (bye)

Say hello to palm trees and Benzes

They say you got to fall to have it all

Now, we don't want two kids and a wife

I don't want a job, I just want a life

Sometimes the underdogs rise

And the mighty fall (and the mighty will fall)

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know

'Cause Jack left Diane 30 years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?

I know a girl, I met her last night

She was fresh off the plane

She whispered in my ear

"Baby, come here, I'll do anything to make a name"

Honey, take my hand, follow me, 'cause

I don't want to hurt you, but he does

I just want to give you some real advice (listen, baby)

Never take candy from a stranger

And keep your eyes open for danger

'Cause this right here is a twisted paradise

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know

'Cause Jack left Diane 30 years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know

So, baby, let's live and die before we're getting old

You know that nothing is the way it used to be

So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?

Na-na-na (ay), na-na-na-na (sing along), na-na-na-na-na-na

Na-na-na, na-na-na-na (ay), na-na-na-na-na-na

Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na

We were born to run

Cali, here we come

We gettin' out of here, baby

Let's get out of here (oh, whoa)

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know

'Cause Jack left Diane 30 years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know

So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old

You know that nothing is the way it used to be

So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?

Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na

Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na, oh