MKTO - American Dream lyrics

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We broke down trying to leave town

Driving down the roads of change

We were born to run, Cali here we come

Straight from nowhere USA

Say goodbye to white picket fences

Say hello to palm trees and Benzes

They say you have to fall to have it all

(Mmm)

Yeah, well we don’t want two kids and a wife

I don’t want a job I just want a life

They say the underdogs rise

In my mind you’ll fall

This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know

‘Cuz Jack left Diane thirty years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

I know a girl I met her last night

She was fresh off the plane

She whispered in my ear,

“Baby come near I’ll do anything to make a name”

Baby, take my hand follow me ‘cuz

I don’t wanna hurt you but he does

I just wanna give you some real advice

(Listen baby, mmm)

Look, never take candy from a stranger

And keep your eyes open for danger

‘Cuz this right here is the twisted paradise

This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know

‘Cuz Jack left Diane thirty years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

Na na na

This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know

‘Cuz Jack left Diane thirty years ago

The world is spinning too fast for you and me

So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know

So baby, let’s live and die before we’re getting old

You know that nothing is the way it used to be

So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

Na na na