Rayland Baxter - Strange American Dream (Official Audio)

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FOLLOW RAYLAND

LYRICS

maybe I was born sick

in a castle on top of the world

maybe the whole gang is better off

makin money out fightin a war

terminal motion

keep spinnin me around

temporary devotion

with a picket fence and a rowdy crowd

I was sure everything was goin fine

until you took the shot

and killed me with your mind

I’m a man and I wanna be honest

Iʼm better than I used to be

but now the whole world is wired up

on the red white and the green

and all the boys and girls are growin up

in a strange american dream

temperature risin

the water tastes like blood

look at all of the sensitive people

screamin from their yards

my neighbor down the street

with the pretty face and the rubber jaw

has plenty there to eat

but she donʼt share with anyone

I was sure everything was going fine

until you took the shot

and killed me with your mind

I’m a man and I wanna be honest

Iʼm better than I used to be

but now the whole world is fired up

on the red white and the green

and all the boys and girls

are growing up

in a strange american dream

but this ain’t nothin like

what I thought itʼd be like

when I was a little kid

I drew dinosaurs fightin wars

behind the doors I reinforced with

red yellow and green

from all the cameras in front of us

I couldnʼt tell you what it is I see

so I close my eyes and realize

that Iʼm alive deep inside this

strange american dream