I need my conscience to keep watch over me To protect me from myself So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head When I walk into the promised land
We've been too long American dreaming And I think we've all lost the way Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark
I'm in love with an American girl Well she's my best friend I love her surreptitious smile That hides the pain within her And we'll go dancing beside desert waters Where love is so wastefully spent & dine upon the crumbs of faith most lovers often reject. spare a thought for the unfortunate man who must choose between love and desire
We've been too long American dreaming I think we've all lost the way Like some somnambulistic maniacal in the dark.