American Dreams 创作者：
Hoyt Axton

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调：A major

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Benny the boy was a lad from
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France
and he danced in a worn out shoe
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Had a hole in the seat of his pants
and he loved a girl named Sue
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Benny and Sue didn't know what to do
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cause their daddy didn't like young Ben
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So they bought him a car and ran away
Made their way to wild Montana
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where they had a child named Fontana
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And they thought that
they would live forever
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Young and happy, gifts God given
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They were so in love and driven
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To each other's arms alone
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They were livin' in American
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dreams
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Eyes wide open like a child it seems
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Livin' and lovin' in Amer
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ican dreams, ooh
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Life rolls on,
and some dreams do come true
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Ben and Sue were still just children
when they had Fontana
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An d they had to learn to handle
cold and hungry crying
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Things got rough and
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times got harder,
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but that just made their love stronger
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Ben and Sue and sweet Fontana
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They were livin' an American dream
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Eyes wide open like a child it seems
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Livin' and lovin' an American dream
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Life rolls on
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And some dreams do come true
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Then worked hard and built a
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cabin in the forest
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near the clear blue water
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of the mountain river
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And his daughter grew up
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shining like a rainbow
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I declare she had a halo,
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a sweet fun time,
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a child of love
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They were livin' in American dreams
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Eyes wide open like a child it seems
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Livin' and lovin' an American dream
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Ooh, life rolls on
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and some dreams do come true
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I said Benny the boy was a lad from France
And he danced in a worn -out shoe
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Had a hole in the sleeve of his pant
And he loved a girl named Sue
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Young and happy, gifts got given
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They were so in love and driven
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To each other's arms so long
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They were livin' in Amer
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ican dreams
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Eyes wide open like a child who'd seen
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Livin' and lovin' an American dream
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Ooh, life rolls on
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And some dreams do come true
They were livin'
an American dream
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Eyes wide open like a child who'd seen
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Livin' and lovin' an American dream
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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Life rolls on
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But some dreams do come true