Capo 2nd Fret
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You used to be a one horse town but the pony went away,
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Ended up in China 'cos they make it cheaper there they say,
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Now the store fronts all are empty and the factory is dead,
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And these streets I used to walk on, now they're just my bed

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And I'm goin down... down... down
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I'm goin down

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Did a couple years at college but I just couldn't make it stick,
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Had to come back here and help Mama 'cos Daddy left when she got sick,
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She worked everyday for nothin' until she turned sixty two,
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And on the same day that I buried her the bank folk closed on her house too


(Chorus)
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It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
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With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
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It's my American dream... dream... dream
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It's my American dream


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So I stand here at this (Not sure of word!) and smile as best I can,
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With a sign that says Jesus loves you but it's hard to think he gives a damn
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When they roll down their windows and put some spare change in my hand,
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But I'd give it all right back to just be looked at like a man,

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And I'm goin down... down... down
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I'm goin down

(Solo)

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When it's cold I try the mission on night's like this I sleep outside,
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Under a bridge beside the interstate where I can hear those trucks roll by,
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And imagine I'm inside one, just rollin' down the road,
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But I wake up just to realise that this place is now my home,


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It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
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With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
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'Cos my American dream disappeared in front of me,
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And with nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,

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It's my American dream... dream... dream
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It's my American dream...