American Dream

[00:22.42] Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails
[00:25.12] Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale
[00:27.83] You said my life has become a livin' hell
[00:31.41] Ain't got enough money to pay my bills
[00:34.27] Everything is wrong
[00:39.72] Everything is wrong
[00:45.13] Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm
[00:47.83] He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam
[00:51.48] It used to help kill the pain some of the time
[00:54.15] Now I can't sleep at all since I got back home
[01:08.50] I worked in the strip mines off and on
[01:11.24] Now I can't seem to get rid of this cough
[01:14.90] Ain't been many jobs these last few months
[01:17.57] And the last one I had I got laid off
[02:17.18] I ain't got no hot water and they shut off the heat
[02:19.88] Can you loan me some money for something to eat
[02:23.40] Been out here on this corner for about a week
[02:26.14] Tryin hard to stand on my own two feet
[02:40.67] They want to try and tell me where I can live
[02:43.36] They kicked me off my land and told me they'd give me
[02:46.06] A nice little tract house with running water
[02:48.71] But how am I gonna explain that to my Navaho mother
[03:03.54] My American dream almost came true
[03:06.22] But the things they promised me never came through
[03:08.97] I believe in the American dream
[03:11.61] But things are never quite what they seem
[03:14.35] Everything is wrong
[03:20.78] Everything is wrong
[03:26.13] Everything is wrong
[03:31.59] Everything is wrong
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