VERSE 1
I saw you walking alone today
You were a pretty picture in blue and gray

And I saw you toy with your cigarette
It’s a nasty habit but not your worst regret

I think of how it should have been with you
like a dream that never could come true

The sky is painted a shade of red
and our cruel words are all left unsaid

PRE-CHORUS
Ooooh – it’s the American dream
[Naked and obscene]*

Ooooh – it isn’t all that it seems
[Bleak and unredeemed]*

CHORUS
A wicked lie
A trick to pass the time
A troubled sigh
Conflicted yet sublime
A twist of fate
An awkward state of mind
Sticky sweet and covered in grime