Upchurch - American Dream lyrics

We some back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win
Back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win

I do it for the people wakin' up
The early crack of dawn rips in our jeans
Put the pot of black coffee on
Look into the mirror wishin' for
A better day at least
Can't afford a house so they struggle
Just to rent or lease
Tattoos on my body, no shirt
Still I'm wearin' sleeves
Contractors, landscapers
Bills look like a pile of leaves
Negativity just tryna reign up
On my reckless skin
Pray to God before we sleep
We always stay committin' sins
I'm askin' for forgiveness even though
I don't deserve it
Man, this crazy way of life
I don't think that we'll ever learn it
But we try to stand strong, make it 24 hours
All to feed the kids and cloth'em, love 'em
Give 'em all the shower
We got murder in the news
Do you got a gun beside your bed?
White is the stripes, blue days
Blood is always red
Government is actin' like we love
A game of Simon Says
But I ain't buyin' shit
Put some taxes on them adjectives

We some back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win
Back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win

Cigarettes smokin' just to take
Away a little stress
Additives inside 'em just to kill
You quicker dude I bet
People always take me as a
Idiotic piece of shit but I'm a old soul
This ain't first time I've made life regrets
Reincarnation, son, nobody knows my glory
'Cause when I was only four
I was explainin' war stories
Yeah, this life ain't shit
Except of all of what you make it
What is you when you're you
When you strip butt naked
'Cause my roots are in a small town
I won't ever bog down
Always love a sip of Jack and
Kickin' up that Cheatham ground
And when I'm dead and gone
One day I'll be back
'Cause a spirit like mine don't
Get lost in pitch black
I'm a man of many mystery
I'm surfin' throughout history
Just tryin' to find a purpose on
A reason why I co-exist
And if I ever found it it was in 1991
Nashville, Tennessee, born in a hailstorm

We some back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win
Back breakin', bill payin', get it
Gotta do it all paintbrush strokin' framers
Carpenters with table saws
Buckwild crazy, gettin' loose on the weekend
Smile on our face even though
We never seem to win