I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
I used to see you on every TV
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