My American Dream

Used to be a one horse town

But the pony went away

Ended up in China

Cause they make it cheaper there they say

The store fronts all are empty and the factory is dead

And these streets I used to walk on

Now they're just my bed

And I'm going down, down down

I'm going down

Did a couple of years at college

But I just couldn't make it stick

Had to come back here and help mama

Cause Daddy left when she got sick

She worked every day for nothin until she turned 62

And on the same day that I buried her

The bank foreclosed on her house too

It's my American dream

I've been all that I can be

And nothing left to lose at all

I guess I'm free

It's my American dream dream dream

It's my American dream

Now I stand here at this offramp

Smile as best I can

With a sign that says Jesus loves you

But it's hard to think he gives a damn

When they roll down the windows

And put some spare change in my hand

But I'd give it all right back to just be looked at like a man

And I'm going down down down

I'm going down

When its cold I try the mission

On nights like this I sleep outside

Under a bridge beside the interstate

Where I can hear those trucks drive by

And imagine I'm inside one

Just rollin down the road

But I wake up just to realize

That this place is now my home

It's my American dream

I've been all that I could be

And nothing left to lose at all

I guess I'm free

It's my American dream

It disappeared in front of me

With nothing left to lose at all

I guess I'm free

It's my American dream dream dream

It's my American dream