Bob Dylan on Studs Terkel Show (1963)

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lyrics to American Dream by Pancho Chiblet


American Dream
American Dream
Wake up and things aren't what they seem.
Computer ringing on your telephone
turn over/you're layin in a pile of bones
You try to but can't even scream
yer too deep into the American dream

You been sold a piece of goods since the day you were born
democracy, free market/one more pile of yarn
your soul wants free
but it will cost  a mighty fee
capitalism reigns supreme
infecting america's dream

You jab yer needles in the earth and pump her full of poison
tryin to extract energy that's clean
another act of desperation bound to fail
fracking in the Marcellus Shale...
It's hard to see the devil's on your team
he's got you tied up in the American dream.

American Dream
American Dream
lately things ain't what they seem

Lies are blarin like a naked bugle
so you keep searching on Google
for Virtual villains, and digital crooks
like the spies that run Facebook
You point yer finger they point back at you
There isn't really anything you can do
The sleeper dreams a terrible dream
wakes up and finds it's the American Dream.

American Dream
American Dream
In the land of plenty things ain't peaches and cream...