Switchfoot - American Dream lyrics

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When success is equated with excess

The ambition for excess wrecks us

As the top of the mine becomes the bottom line

When sucess is equated with excess

If your time ain't been nothin' but money

I start to feel really bad for you, honey

Maybe, huney, put your money where your mouth's been runnin

If your time ain't been nothin' but money

I want out of this machine

It doesn't feel like freedom

This ain't my American Dream

I wanna live and die for bigger things

I'm tired of fighting for just me

This ain't my American Dream

When success is equated with excess

When you're fighting for the beam of the Lexus

As the top of the mine becomes the bottom line

when sucess is equated with excess

I want out of this machine

It doesn't feel like freedom

This ain't my American Dream

I wanna live and die for bigger things

I'm tired of fighting for just me

This ain't my American Dream

'Cuz baby's always talkin' 'bout her ring

And talk has always been the cheapest thing

Is it true, would you do what I want you to,

If I show up with the right amount of bling

Like a puppet on a monetary string

Maybe we've been caught singing "Red, White, Blue and Green"

But that ain't my American Dream

This ain't my American Dream

I wanna live and die for bigger things

I'm tired of fighting for just me

This ain't my American Dream