American Road Lyrics - Singles - Aaron Tinjum And The Tangents

[First Verse] 

Oh, well, I light a cigarette 

To choke on the smoke 

My cough laughs so loudly 

But I'm broke like a joke 

The man in the tie 

Keeps his dress pants clean 

But his wife doesn't know 

Of the women he has seen 

He says now "True love 

It rarely shows 

But you ain't never been on 

American Road" 

[Second Verse] 

Well, I keep on clappin' 

But I'm not quite sure what for 

I wipe and drag my feet 

Only to find dirt on the floor 

Susie plays a waitress 

Bottom wage at the bar 

She claims she's an actress 

And that dreams don't get you far 

She says,"Life, yeah 

It's pretty cold 

But you can finding meaning on 

American Road" 

[Third Verse] 

And I square dance down the street 

To the singing of a mime 

He's stuck in some French ice box 

And frozen for all time 

There's some hipsters hating hobos 

And beatniks blaming bums 

Until the NRA comes waltzing down 

Waving all my guns 

And Charlton Heston 

He says, "Hello! Welcome son to 

American Road!" 

[Instrumental] 

[Fourth Verse] 

And there's a presidential fool 

Preaching at the crowd 

But the congregation's deaf 

Because his ego's much too loud 

I walk a fine line 

And the gypsies love to dance 

I read the Bible 

And the abide to Kerouac 

They say, "The rhetoric, it's getting bold! 

But the truth lies on 

American Road!" 

[Fifth Verse] 

The smoke begins to rise 

As my cigarette subsides 

It's the changing of the guard 

And the rising of the tide 

It's some lazy revolution 

That'll probably never be 

They claim it's evolution 

Or the creation story 

"Yeah, whatever it is, it fits the mold! 

But I'll keep on riding this American Road!"