Lucinda Williams - American Dream lyrics

[Lucinda Williams - American Dream lyrics]

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 everything is wrong
Everything is wrong

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



Everything is wrong everything is wrong

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
Trying hard to stand on my own two feet

Everything is wrong everything is wrong

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?

Everything is wrong everything is wrong
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 everything is wrong
Everything is wrong everything is wrong

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