Fat Cat Joe & The Vagabond Town Council - Downright Un-American Dream

There's a '19 Silverado with a dash cam
Up on Craig's List if you need it, 'cause I don't
There's a 55 inch Samsung by my trash can
You can come by and get it, if you want
The realtors put a sold sign in my front yard
Friday'll be my last night in the place
I always hoped someday I'd get to play the trump card
And vanish in the aether without a single trace

Yeah, I know I shouldn't be so unforgiving
But, I ain't taking another one for the team
By tomorrow I'll be out there somewhere living
My downright unamerican dream

There's an opening for a welder down at the truck plant
Sixteen years of that was all that I could take
It's a real good job for someone else, but I can't
Swim another day in the big man's wake
Tell them union boys they better not count on my vote
Ole reliable Joe's a specter from the past
So, before they get the final loop around my throat
I'm'll take me one more shot at being free at last

And the first dang thing that I'm gonna stop embracing
Is that second handed boost to my self esteem
From now on you're gonna find me out there chasing
My down right unamerican dream

There's an empty seat at Neyland down by the goal line
And they're gonna need a new tenor in the choir
All the junk I left in my shed's a stinking gold mine
And, all you got to do is find a buyer
Yeah, I know I sound a bit "hell bent for leather"
Lord, forgive me for every bitter seed I sowed
I guess that some of us just ain't better together
So, I think I'll take my chances somewhere on up the road

And, it just might be that fabled road to ruin
And I may be just as crazy as I seem
But, from now on I'm spending all my time pursuing
My down right unamerican dream

Written by:
Joel Bennett

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