American Dream

 
Verse 1
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 All work, no play may have made Jack a dull boy,
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But all work, no God has left Jack a lost soul
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But he's moving on full steam
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He's chasing the American Dream.
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He's gonna give his fam'ly the finer things.
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Verse 2
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Not this , son. I've no  to waste.
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Maybe tomorrow I'll have  to play.
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And then he slips into his new BM Double U
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 And drives farther and farther and farther away.

Pre-chorus 1
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'Cause he works all day
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And tries to sleep at night.
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 He says things will get better    better in .

Chorus 1
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 So he works and he builds with his own two hands,
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 And he pours all he has
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 In a castle made with sand,
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 But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in;
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  will tell just how long
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His kingdom stands,  his kingdom stands.

Verse 3
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 His American dream is beginning to seem
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More and more like a nightmare 
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With ev'ry passing day.
Daddy, can you come to my game?
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Oh, baby, please don't work late.
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Another wasted weekend and they are slipping away.

Pre-chorus 2
                      G5                     D5
'Cause he works all day and lies awake at night.
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 He tells them things will get better,
It'll just take a little more .

Bridge
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 He used to say, 
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Whoever dies with the most toys wins,
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But if he loses his soul,
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What has he gained in the end?
I'll take a shack on a rock
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 Over a castle in the sand.

Pre-chorus 3
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Now he works all   day and cries alone at night.
E5                       D/F# Gsus2
 He's not getting any better,
Looks like he's running out of .

Chorus 2
D5              G5
'Cause he worked and he built 
B5        G5
 With his own two hands,
D5           G5
 And he poured all he had 
B5       G5
 In a castle made with sand,
B5           D5           G5
 But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in;
B5            D5            G5
  will tell just how long
               D5 G5 B5    A5         D5 G5 B5 A5
His kingdom stands,    His kingdom stands.

Ending
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 All they really wanted was you.