The American Dream - Piero Piccioni

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

I see the world in a swirl of hues, But my favorite color is shame. Tonight the sky is painted... Tonight the sky is painted melancholy And the wind sings songs as if it would lament Some tragedy on the far side of the world. Or in the deep pockets of my mind, Where I lust after blood and pain. Tonight the sky is painted... Tonight the sky is painted melancholy And the wind sings songs as if it would lament Some tragedy on the far side of the world. I am I and the world is a woman From whom I must take take take. In an act of lust, in an act of pride And I am damned, but can I be saved? But can I be saved?...saved Tonight the sky is painted...(echo) Tonight the sky is painted...(echo) Tonight the sky is painted...(Tonight the sky is) Melancholy and the wind sings songs as if it would lament Some tragedy on the far side of the world. And the wind sings songs as if it would lament Some tragedy on the far side of the world.

We fought your wars with all our hearts You sent us back in body parts You took our wills with the truth you stole We offer prayers for your long lost soul The remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle At the expense of the American dream Of the American dream, of the American We don't give a damn about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a damn about your world Right now, right now We don't give a fuck about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a fuck about your world Right now, right now Right now, right now There is no flag that is large enough To hide the shame of a man in cuffs You switched the signs then you closed their blinds You changed the channels and you changed their minds The remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle At the expense of the American dream Of the American dream, of the American We don't give a damn about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a damn about your world Right now, right now We don't give a fuck about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a fuck about your world Right now, right now Right now, right now Right now, right now Right now, right now No flag large enough Shame on the men in cuffs Close their blinds The remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle At the expense of the American dream Of the American dream, of the American We don't give a damn about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a damn about your world Right now, right now We don't give a fuck about your world With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls We don't give a fuck about your world Right now, right now Right now, right now Right now, right now Right now, right now-now-now-now

Don't solve the problem When danger is bitter Far away, we stuck them In cages and tether And all the bridges you've burned Leave you trapped off at all sides Now the tables do turn And it's all gone, what's left for you And when the sky is falling Don't look outside the window Step back and hear I'm calling Give up, don't take the fast road It's just your doubt that binds you Just drop those thoughts behind you, now Change your mind, you let go too soon Sit down, you're sinking There's no one to watch you Skip town, you're thinking There's no one to stop you And all the bridges you've burned Leave you trapped off at all sides Now the tables do turn And it's all gone, what's left for you And when the sky is falling Don't look outside the window Step back and hear I'm calling Give up, don't take the fast road It's just your doubt that binds you Just drop those thoughts behind you, now Change your mind, you let go too soon Don't run away, start feeling fine It's better than your worst, worst day No words to say, I'll give you mine And pocket all the hurt And just stay, don't run away It's better than your worst, worst day And when the sky is falling Don't look outside the window Step back and hear I'm calling Give up, don't take the fast road And when the sky is falling Don't look outside the window Step back and hear I'm calling Give up, don't take the fast road It's just your doubt that binds you Just drop those thoughts behind you, now Change your mind, you let go too soon Don't run away Change your mind You let go too soon Don't run away Change your mind You let go too soon Don't run away I'll change your mind Let go too soon Don't run away Change your mind

Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train It was sunny Her saltbox house on the coast Took her mind off St. Louis Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?" The wedding was charming, if a little gauche There's only so far new money goes They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House" Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud The doctor had told him to settle down It must have been her fault his heart gave out And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty" "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been" "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen" "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything" Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet And losin' on card game bets with Dalí And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty" "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been" "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen" "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything" They say she was seen on occasion Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea And in a feud with her neighbor She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green 50 years is a long time Holiday House sat quietly on that beach Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits And then it was bought by me Who knows if I never showed up what could've been There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything A marvelous time ruinin' everything A marvelous time I had a marvelous time

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع