American Dream

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I used to see you on every T.V.,
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Your smiling face looked back at me.
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I used to see you on every T.V.,
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Your smiling face looked back at me.
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Then they caught you with the girl next door,
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People's money piled on the floor,
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Accusations that you try to deny,
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Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
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Now you think about reaching out,
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Maybe get some help from above.
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Now you think about reaching out,
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Maybe get some help from above.
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Reporters crowd around your house
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Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
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Speculating what they may find out,
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It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
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You wake up in the middle of the night,
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Your sheets are wet and your face is white.
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You tried to make a good thing last.
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How could something so good, go bad, so fast?
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American dream, American dream
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American dream, American dream.
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Don't know when things went wrong,
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Might have been when you were young and strong.
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Don't know when things went wrong,
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Might have been when you were young and strong.
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Reporters crowd around your house,
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Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Bm                                       D
Speculating what they may find out,
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It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
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Don't know when things went wrong,
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Might have been when you were young and strong.
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American dream, American dream.
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Don't know when things went wrong,
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Might have been when you were young and strong.
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American dream, American dream.