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Lyrics: American Dream

American Dream - Lyrics

American Dream 

     
      
     AMERICAN DREAM 
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     I used to see you on every T.V. 
     Your smiling face looked back at me. 
     I used to see you on every T.V. 
     Your smiling face looked back at me. 
     Then they caught you with the girl next door, 
     People's money piled on the floor, 
     Accusations that you try to deny, 
     Revelations and rumors begin to fly. 
      
     Now you think about reaching out 
     Maybe get some help from above. 
     Now you think about reaching out 
     Maybe get some help from above. 
     Reporters crowd around your house. 
     Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, 
     Speculating what they may find out, 
     It don't matter now, you're all washed up. 
      
     You wake up in the middle of the night. 
     Your sheets are wet and your face is white, 
     You tried to make a good thing last, 
     How could something so good, go bad, so fast? 
      
     American dream, American dream 
     American dream, American dream. 
      
     Don't know when things went wrong, 
     Might have been when you were young and strong. 
     Don't know when things went wrong, 
     Might have been when you were young and strong. 
     Reporters crowd around your house. 
     Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, 
     Speculating what they may find out, 
     It don't matter now, you're all washed up. 
      
     Don't know when things went wrong, 
     Might have been when you were young and strong. 
     American dream, American dream. 
     Don't know when things went wrong, 
     Might have been when you were young and strong. 
     American dream, American dream. 
      
      
     NAME OF LOVE 
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     You who rule upon the land, 
     You hold the future in your hand, 
     When you take your people down the road, 
     Before another bomb explodes. 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
      
     And when you sail upon the sea 
     This one's for you, this one's for me. 
     Before another missile flies 
     You who soar into the sky 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
      
     And so I shout it around the world 
     To every boy and every girl, 
     Yeah,  I shout it around the world 
     To every boy and every girl, 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
      
     Can you do it in the name of love? 
      
      
     THIS OLD HOUSE 
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     Midnight, that old clock keeps ticking, 
     The kids are all asleep and I'm walking the floor. 
     Darlin' I can see that you're dreaming, 
     And I don't wanna wake you up  
     When I close the door. 
      
     This old house of ours is built on dreams 
     And a businessman don't know what that means. 
     There's a garden outside she works in every day 
     And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's 
     Gonna come and take it all away. 
      
     Lately, I've been thinking 'bout daddy, 
     And how he always made things work, when the chips were down, 
     And I know I've got something inside me 
     There's always a light there to guide me 
     To what can't be found. 
      
     This old house of ours is built on dreams 
     And a businessman don't know what that means. 
     There's a swing outside the kids play on every day 
     And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's 
     Gonna come and take it all away. 
      
     Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away. 
     Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away. 
      
     Remember how we first came here together? 
     Standing on an empty lot, holding hands. 
     Later, we came back in the moonlight 
     And made love right where the kitchen is, 
     Then we made our plans. 
      
     This old house of ours is built on dreams 
     And a businessman don't know what that means. 
     There's a garden outside she works in every day 
     And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's 
     Gonna come and take it all away. 
      
     Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away. 
     Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away. 
      
      
     DRIVIN' THUNDER 
     (STEPHEN STILLS & NEIL YOUNG) 
     ----------------------------- 
     People put me down, say that I'm a fool 
     But I got news for them 
     I ain't never going back to driving school. 
      
     And I ain't too good with numbers 
     And I've just run out of fuel 
     Here comes another corner baby 
     Let me demonstrate my slide rule. 
      
     Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway 
     Just one way to go, just one way to go. 
     Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way. 
      
     I stopped into the courthouse 
     I had to pay some bills 
     Got talking with the judge 
     About the finer points of my driving skills. 
      
     He said Son, you only drive that way 
     Tryin' to get your thrills 
     But bear in mind your driver's license 
     Ain't never been no license to kill. 
      
     Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway 
     Just one way to go, just one way to go. 
     Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way. 
      
     Driving school,  
     Slide rule, 
     Driving skills, 
     License to kill. 
      
     Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway 
     Just one way to go, just one way to go. 
     Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way. 
      
      
     FEEL YOUR LOVE 
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     High on a balcony, right where we used to be, 
     This city dancing like a sparkling sea. 
     I wanna catch a wave, I wanna swim to shore. 
     Walk on that same beach like I did before. 
      
     I really want the sun, want the sun to rise, 
     I really want to end the night. 
     I really wanna feel, wanna feel your love. 
     I wanna feel your love. 
      
     I think of our old friends, I count my enemies. 
     I hear you tell me how I don't know love. 
     I wanna feel your love, I wanna lay right down. 
     Wish I was swimming in the sound of love. 
      
     I really want the night, want the night to end. 
     I really want the sun to rise. 
     I really wanna feel, wanna feel your love. 
     I wanna feel your love. 
      
     And now the night is still, the mansion on the hill, 
     The children sleeping in their endless dreams. 
     I wanna feel your love, I wanna feel your love, 
     I wanna feel your love, feel your love, feel your love. 
      
     I wanna feel your love, I wanna feel your love, 
     I wanna feel your love, feel your love, feel your love. 
      
      
     NIGHT SONG 
     (STEPHEN STILLS & NEIL YOUNG) 
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     Tell me where 
     Does it say 
     When you're lost you stay that way 
     Why a forest of fools getting in the way 
     Cannot hear, cannot fade with the nightsong. 
      
     Nightsong, from my heart 
     Why can't we 
     Sing this nightsong. 
      
     All alone 
     I reflect on my demons in the night 
     Some are wise, 
     Some are good 
     Some are not so bright 
     I can't hear 
     Sing along with the nightsong. 
      
     Nightsong, from my heart 
     Why can't we 
     Sing this nightsong. 
      
     Why not keep on singing anyway? 
      
     Run away 
     I don't know what it was 
     Led you astray 
     Just because you're too much like I am anyway 
     I will come 
     You can't hide 
     From the nightsong. 
      
     Nightsong, from my heart 
     Why can't we 
     Sing this nightsong. 
      
     Why not keep on singing anyway?
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