American Dream-Lucinda Williams

[ti:American Dream] [ar:Lucinda Williams] [al:World Without Tears] [by:] [offset:0] [00:23.58]Last time I saw you you had dirt under your nails [00:26.21]Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale [00:28.89]You said my life has become a livin' hell [00:31.83]Ain't got enough money to pay my bills [00:34.27] [00:35.02]Everything is wrong [00:36.89] [00:40.90]Everything is wrong [00:43.14] [00:46.14]Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm [00:48.96]He got hooked on h****n in Vietnam [00:52.02]It used to help kill the pain some of the time [00:54.65]Now I can't sleep at all since I got back home [00:57.34] [00:57.96]Everything is wrong [00:59.89] [01:03.65]Everything is wrong [01:05.71] [01:09.27]I worked in the strip mines off and on [01:12.02]Now I can't seem to get rid of this cough [01:15.19]Ain't been many jobs these last few months [01:17.69]And the last one I had I got laid off [01:20.19] [01:20.88]Everything is wrong [01:23.19] [01:26.57]Everything is wrong [01:29.26] [02:17.95]I ain't got no hot water and they shut off the heat [02:20.89]Can you loan me some money for something to eat [02:23.76]Been out here on this corner for about a week [02:26.33]Tryin hard to stand on my own two feet [02:29.02] [02:29.64]Everything is wrong [02:31.77] [02:35.39]Everything is wrong [02:38.07] [02:40.70]They want to try and tell me where I can live [02:43.76]They kicked me off my land and told me they'd give me [02:46.77]A nice little tract house with running water [02:49.52]But how am I gonna explain that to my Navaho mother [02:52.51]Everything is wrong [02:55.08] [02:58.33]Everything is wrong [03:00.57] [03:03.71]My American dream almost came true [03:06.60]But the things they promised me never came through [03:09.60]I believe in the American dream [03:12.28]But things are never quite what they seem [03:14.72] [03:15.41]Everything is wrong [03:17.67] [03:21.16]Everything is wrong [03:24.04] [03:26.97]Everything is wrong [03:29.35] [03:32.66]Everything is wrong