Another town, another time
Another day out on the road
Another chance, another dream
Some other place to go
The five and dimes are gone somehow
There's nothing left on Main Street now
The Elks Club and the small cafe
Are just a memory now from some other yesterday
Somebody stole my American dream
Built a big mall where it used to be green
Put a giant superhighway right over the old millstream
There goes my American dream, my American dream
Chet Baker's long gone, Ray Charles just left
And Marlon Brando went today
I'm sitting here with pen in hand and nothing much to say
Instead I'm trying to write another line
Maybe tell it like it really is this time
But some days I just want to cry
Can someone please just tell me why
Somebody stole my American dream
Built a big mall where it used to be green
Put a giant superhighway right over the old millstream
There goes my American dream
Dozens of angels just shake their heads
Even they wish they could be somewhere else instead
They can't see how it all turned into this big machine
There goes my American dream, hey hey, my American dream
So what's it all about, my friends?
Well, you know I wish I had a clue
I can't explain what's going on
And I don't know what to do
There's a car chase out on Channel Four
Somebody lied and there's another war
There's a virus on the Internet
I wish I could but I can't forget
Somebody stole my American dream
Built a big mall where it used to be green
Put a giant superhighway right over the old millstream
There goes my American
There goes my American
There goes my American
Somebody stole my American dream
Built a big mall where it used to be green
Put a giant superhighway right over the old millstream
There goes my American dream, hey hey
There goes my American dream
Another town, another time
Another day out on the road
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