THE CITIZEN'S DEPARTURE FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM

VERSE 1: riddle me this if you will
i've got the house upon the hill
i've got a wife
i've got a life
and yet still i'm miserable
i've got my 2 cars in garage
my mercedes and my benz
sunday mornings I repent
but still I am not content

CHORUS 1:Acquire things!
make your money!
and then, son you'll be happy
you'll be rich
you'll be swell
all these dreams they did tell me
and now I have my tons of dollars
my dog has diamonds in his collar
but still I feel so bothered
I keeping humming this same ole song
where in hell did I go wrong?

VERSE 2: I buy fast cars to regain my youth
I read my reagan-age-ized-truth
every night I watch my nightly news
but still i've got the blues
I keep winning and yet I lose
and I don't know what to do...
What is fact? What is fiction
It's been long since I knew the difference
There used to be a difference
No, that was when I was young

CHORUS 2: Buy these things
with your money
and then, kid you'll be happy
you'll be loved
you'll be admired
or so they told me but now i'm tired
I make the money! I made the dollars
my dog has diamonds in his collar
but still I feel so bothered
I keeping humming this same ole song
where in hell did I go wrong?

VERSE 3: My wife she says she'll soon leave me
if I don't get her that new TV
The one where you can watch many shows at a time
but the thing thats kinda funny
is I don't care about my hunny
last night she said she married me for the money
and she'd leave me if I had no dime
and I realized i'm just wasting time

BRIDGE: what have I done with my life?
am I no more then a paycheck
my life for a paycheck
is that all that my life is worth
'This is america' someone once said
and they drilled it into my head
that the reason for our existence
is to achieve that american dream
but it's not all that it seems
In fact it's rather lean
opposed to this glorious feast
that they make it out to be
I've been feeding and I've been feeding
but I have yet to feel full. 

VERSE 4: So riddle me this if your saavy 
why the hell am I so unhappy?
i've got the suits
i've got the mansion
I've got all that one could imagine
designer things! Yes, I kept up with jones.
but still I feel alone
like a soul without a home
and so i'll buy another car to kill the pain
and on monday I shall go to work again 
and come home to a wife that doesn't love me
and to a life that I'm supposed to love.