America's Sweetheart

Well, Hollywood Boulevard maxed out the credit card

Weed in the dash and two tires flat from a pothole

She's cigarette butts in an old Coke can

Never got a second chance, burned-out star of the rodeo

Now even America's sweetheart is bitter

Turns out most everything that glitters isn't gold

Overpromised, underdelivered

Never saw a single dime for all the years she sold

And now she's just getting old

America's sweetheart

Well, how long can you love on a memory

Like the quarterback talking 'bout a state champ team, showing off his ring?

America's sweetheart raises her right arm

Champagne toast to a well-dressed ghost of what used to be

Now even America's sweetheart is bitter

Turns out most everything that glitters isn't gold

Overpromised, underdelivered

Never saw a single dime for all the years she sold

And now she's just getting old

America's sweetheart

America's sweetheart

Now even America's sweetheart is bitter

Turns out most everything that glitters isn't gold

Overpromised, underdelivered

Never saw a single dime for all the years she sold

And now she's just getting old

America's sweetheart

They say Earth ain't the center of the universe

It's just water and dirt on the lower back forty of the galaxy

They say it all started out with a bang

But the end seems to be fading out like a slow kinda tragedy