By the dawn’s early light
steadfast yet out of sight,
bloodthirsty enemies
are on the other end.
Soliciting for what they lent
so you could buy some gas and bread,
and give your children shelter
from the storms.
They’re swinging left and swinging right,
keeping you off balance most of the time.
Your only chance for easy sleep,
in a fifth of rye.
Waking up with bloodshot eyes
you think they might not recognize,
you swapped your moral skin
for a shot at a has-been.
You’re facing down the American Dream
in your shanty by the sea.
You're facing down the American Dream
it’s all over, there’s no closure
in conspiracies.
It’s a forty hour dive
without a chute into the sky.
It’s cinder blocks for boots,
jump in with both feet and you lose.
It’s a life for a degree
to prove your pedigree.
It’s a chance to be V.P
in Fortune 500 companies.
More going out than coming in,
it’s a truck load of chagrin.
It’s your family and your friends
in a pit built for killing.
It’s working late on Halloween,
never coming home on Christmas Eve,
It’s your daughter and your son
in the web with everyone.
It’s pressing down on the bereaved.
Giving all your money to a bully.
It’s a sucker punch to the gut,
cause you didn’t give 'em enough...
You’re facing down the American Dream
in your shanty by the sea.
You're facing down the American Dream
it’s all over, there’s no closure
in conspiracies.
credits
released February 5, 2017
Matt Baumann - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
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