Based not-so-loosely on a good friend...
American Dream
Minyard 2005
He got some medals in the Asian War
A Purple Heart and a couple more
He used to think about it every day
The VA doctors say he’ll be okay
He works his day job at the factory
To pay his bills and feed his family
They don’t live with him no more, of course
They moved to Dallas when they got divorced
He pays his child support with no regrets
He’s still workin’ off the credit card debts
Goes home at three and catches 40 winks
Heads to the bar and he begins to drink
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He’s just another American Hero
Livin’ out that American Dream
You know that one where you’re running your heart out
Getting nowhere, or so it seems
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He works part-time to put gas in his car
A weekend bouncer at a topless bar
Gets paid in cash and gets his drinks for free
And a cute young dancer, occasionally
He don’t complain much ‘bout this life he leads
He’s always been a man of simple means
He figured out a long time ago
The only thing to do is go with the flow
But late at night when he’s all alone
Listenin’ to Zepelin and gettin’ stoned
He thinks of all the things that might have been
While he was livin’ that American Dream
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So lift a glass to the American Hero
Make a toast to that American Dream
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