Well,
this is for the young American dreamers
Sailing on the immigrant sea
Watch out you don't get
taken to the cleaners
When you get to the land of the free
Welcome to the home of
the tall skyscraper
And the end of all your struggle and strife
It's all a great idea on paper
But it don't always work in real life
The things some people
would do for a dollar
It's enough to turn your
blood into ice
It don't take no Ivy League scholar
To see that freedom has its price
So this is for the young
American dreamer
Slain upon the minimum wage
Don't be disappointed if
the grass ain't greener
In the information age
You can work your fingers
right down to the bone
Till you fall down dead on the floor
But how you ever gonna keep
up with the Joneses
When they just keep jumping
for more?
Everybody's trying to
rise to the pinnacle
But some get rich quick -steep
Is it just me or ain't it kinda cynical
To call that the American dream?
Yeah, this is for the young American dreamer
Oh, but I ain't one of
them doubting promises
I thank my stars every day
You just gotta wade through
the broken promises
To make it into you as a babe
So lock up the safe and
fire up your fever
Head out on your holiday spree
And sail in prayer for the
American dreamer
Fighting for his life to be free
Oh, God help the young Amer
ican dreamer
Fighting for his life to be free
Well, this is for the young
American dreamer
Yeah, this is for the young
American dreamer
This is not a young Amer
ican dreamer