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American Dream Lyrics by MKTO

MKTO

2014

[Intro]
Do something with your life, do something with your life
Do something with your life, do something with your life
Do something with your life (Ooh), do something with your life
Do something with your life, do something with your life
With your life
[Verse 1: Tony Oller, Malcolm Kelley]
We broke down trying to leave town
Flying down the road to change
We were born to run, Cali', here we come
Escape from Nowhere, USA
Say good-bye to white picket fences, say hello to palm trees and Benzes
They say you got to fall to have it all
And we don't want two kids and a wife, I don't want a job, I just want a life
Sometimes the underdogs rise and the mighty fall (And the mighty will fall!)
[Chorus: Tony Oller]
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?
[Verse 2: Tony Oller, Malcolm Kelley, Both]
I know a girl, I met her last night
She was fresh off the plane
She whispered in my ear (What'd she say?), "Baby, come here
I'll do anything to make a name."
Honey, take my hand, follow me 'cause I don't want to hurt you, but he does
I just want to give you some real advice (Listen, baby)
Never take candy from a stranger and keep your eyes open for danger
Because this right here is a twisted paradise
[Chorus: Tony Oller]
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
So, baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?
[Post-Chorus: Tony Oller, Malcolm Kelley]
Na-na-na (Hey!), na-na-na-na (Sing along!), na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na (Hey!), na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
[Bridge: Tony Oller]
We were born to run, Cali', here we come
We're getting out of here, baby (Oh)
Let's get out of here, ooh-woah
(Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na)
[Chorus: Tony Oller]
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
So, baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
So, tell me, whatever happened to the American Dream?
[Post-Chorus: Tony Oller]
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Credits
MKTO

MKTO

About “American Dream” by MKTO

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"American Dream" appears on "MKTO" in 2014.

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