You went there to drink, I went to watch the alcoholics, all desperate shades of dissappointment
Making their appointment for happy hour drinks and VLT's
And I watch them and I watch you and wait on slurs and cusses
And I watch them and I watch you and it's all scars and bruises
If this is the life I don't want to live it, American dreams
Have you felt let down? Have you felt the fucked up feeling that everyone's leaving?
I never understood how you never understood that they weren't there in the first place
And I watch them and I watch and wait on slurs and cusses
And I watch them and I watch you and its all scars and bruises
If this is the life I don't want to live, American dreams
Give me a place to rest my head and maybe a book to read
Give me a place to rest my head that's all I need
This is my life I'm going to live it, American dreams
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