Oingo Boingo

 I used to see you

on every T.V. 

Your smiling face

looked back at me. 

I used to see you

on every T.V. 

Your smiling face

looked back at me. 

Then they caught you

with the girl next door, 

People's money

piled on the floor, 

Accusations

that you try to deny, 

Revelations

and rumors begin to fly. 

 

Now you think about

reaching out 

Maybe get some help

from above. 

Now you think about

reaching out 

Maybe get some help

from above. 

Reporters crowd around

your house. 

Going through your garbage

like a pack of hounds, 

Speculating what they

may find out, 

It don't matter now,

you're all washed up. 

 

You wake up in the middle

of the night. 

Your sheets are wet

and your face is white, 

You tried to make

a good thing last, 

How could something so good,

go bad, so fast? 

 

American dream, American dream 

American dream, American dream. 

 

Don't know when

things went wrong, 

Might have been when you

were young and strong. 

Don't know when

things went wrong, 

Might have been when you

were young and strong. 

Reporters crowd around

your house. 

Going through your garbage

like a pack of hounds, 

Speculating what they

may find out, 

It don't matter now,

you're all washed up. 

 

Don't know when

things went wrong, 

Might have been when you

were young and strong. 

American dream, American dream. 

Don't know when

things went wrong, 

Might have been when you

were young and strong. 

American dream, American dream.