Name: American Dream
Duration: P00H02M33S
Description: Middle class used to mean a living wage, now it's a euphemism for poverty.

American Dream

from UNAMERICAN by Cletus Got Shot

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Middle class used to mean a living wage, now it's a euphemism for poverty.

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The lights of the strip mall go marching on,
from sea to shining sea.
The Wal-Mart sign stays on all night,
making the poor to feed the poor.
You’re taking the bus to the midnight shift,
and you never get to sleep at night.
That’s okay cause you’ll drink away
all your overdue overtime pay.
Oh it’s the end of America’s dreams.
Oh say goodbye to your middle class means.
Your father said you can be what you want to be,
a rodeo clown or the president.
But the school bell rings, and you're 45;
two kids in a house you can’t afford.
You’re dancing America’s two-step,
working 55 hours a week.
But don’t you fret cause I’ll make a bet
that you’re holy life’s a Hollywood set.
Oh it’s the end of America’s dreams.
Oh say goodbye to your middle class means.
Welcome to the new state,
the poor and broken down.
Alley ways and long hard days,
no home to call your own.
You may feel rejected,
cold and all alone.
But I’m telling you son that you’re not done,
it’s a whole new family.
Oh it’s the end of America’s dreams.
Oh say goodbye to your middle class means.

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from UNAMERICAN, track released June 19, 2010
Lyrics by Adam Cox

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