Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming lyrics

rate me

I need my conscience to keep watch over me

To protect me from myself

So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head

When I walk into the promised land

We've been too long American dreaming

And I think we've all lost the way

Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark

I'm in love with an American girl

Well she's my best friend

I love her surreptitious smile

That hides the pain within her

And we'll go dancing beside desert waters

Where love is so wastefully spent

& dine upon the crumbs of faith

most lovers often reject.

spare a thought for the unfortunate man

who must choose between love and desire

We've been too long American dreaming

I think we've all lost the way

Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark.