American Dream - The Talbott Brothers

I'ma just keep watching, I think my heart's stopping Nicotine fiend of a man I was born this way, I'm a government slave And I was raised on stolen land And it's a hard up kinda life Begging the ashtray for nickels and dimes Writing these songs trying to wrap my mind around A bullshit American dream I'm still a six-gun owning, bet the truth hurts, don't it? Won't you catch me if you can? I hope all is well, it'll be a cold day in hell When you pry it from my dying hands 'Cause it's a hard up kinda life When paying your dues don't get you by You're working all week to make some overtime To pay from this bullshit American dream I've heard once to be dreaming Means you've got to be asleep And I've grown tired of counting these sheep I had a dream I was drugged And when I finally woke up I went and blew up my TV 'Cause it's a hard up kinda life You're not allowed to get yourself a natural high Here's a pill to help you sleep, just give it some time Now you're addicted to this bullshit American dream And it's a hard up kind of life Begging the ashtray for nickels and dimes Writing these songs trying to wrap my mind Around a bullshit American dream

What makes the world stop turning Is yet the touch of your skin I couldn't be further from you But you're still right here I caught a plane to Portland For a few days of work My heart stays heavy on you And you're on my shirt All the in between Keeps us on our feet Through the day to day and dreams We'll find our ordinary The hope we carry some days Feels like a burden But this blood inside our veins was Paid for with purpose There's a ghost in these bones and it's willing my soul I feel it like a fire To let my love pour over you darling Is my one desire All the in between Keeps us on our feet Through the day to day and the dreams We'll find our ordinary

Rivers winding round words in my head Shivering pines say that summer is dead Chest feels hollow and my hands are numb Do my best to swallow all the things I've done When you break your back but you still don't have bread You won't go back on the things that you've said You bleed your heart out and it takes every drop You've come too far now to ever stop Wash me in the water and I'll never go back Even when I'm walking through Deadman Pass You can't trust a man because he'll just let you down Crooked and twisted he grows from the ground From dust we came and dust we shall return From dust we came and dust we shall return Wash me in the water and I'll never go back... Even when I'm walking through Deadman Pass Wash me in the water and I'll never go back... Even when I'm walking through Deadman Pass