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