American Dream Lyrics - Live At The Fillmore - Lucinda Williams

Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails 

Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale 

You said my life has become a livin' hell 

Ain't got enough money to pay my bills 

Everything is wrong 

Everything is wrong 

Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm 

He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam 

It used to help kill the pain some of the time 

Now I can't sleep at all since I got back home 

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I worked in the strip mines off and on 

Now I can't seem to get rid of this cough 

Ain't been many jobs these last few months 

And the last one I had I got laid off 

I ain't got no hot water and they shut off the heat 

Can you loan me some money for something to eat 

Been out here on this corner for about a week 

Tryin' hard to stand on my own two feet 

They want to try and tell me where I can live 

They kicked me off my land and told me they'd give me 

A nice little tract house with running water 

But how am I gonna explain that to my Navajo mother 

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My American dream almost came true 

But the things they promised me never came through 

I believe in the American dream 

But things are never quite what they seem 

Everything is wrong [Repeat: x4]