Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse
Yeah I'm stealing cigarettes Selling them off to friends for rent
Plus a paycheck and still in debt I'm asking, how could it be?
I know they know I'm beneath them Even homeless assholes know my name
Now it's Urban Flight or cell for the night Y'know it's all the same
Pre-chorus
One can tell themselves About when going gets tough
But determination Just ain't enough
When over-time defines your life
Chorus
This American Me
This American Me
Verse 2
same as first):
Tradition tells us home own But the timecards saying no go
Now the suits are talking foreclose From sea to shining sea
Time was a war time economy Was a silver lining to tragedy
But even those with homes are now those alone In the land of the free
I asked for nothing And I got it in spades
Worked for a living and I earned a cage
Now they say I look old for my age
This American me
This American me
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