American Dreams

I'm tryin' to get some sleep I'm tryin' to get some rest You know it's been a while I've been running round this country so long I've been through Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana Washington, Houston, shit man, wrong song Like I said, it's been a while And I'm tryin' to get my head on straight That collection man's been calling me for days And I still gotta pay my rent I'm home for three days and two of em I'm working Before I'm on the road again That ain't much time to keep my home-life going And tie up all of my loose ends Well my baby keep's complaining, you know she keeps saying That I ain't calling home enough So I'm trying to get my life together, hell the best that I can Living by the wheel of a van Well it ain't easy, but you get what you put in My life will be full of living and losing But I'd never let that do me in All hell can't stop me, it's just the way I've always been I'm gonna live this way, I get to die this way Running the highways of American dreams Hell I don't mind, I've spent enough time Doing what other told me to Got me burnt out and losing it, trying to make the best it I'd done everything thing I could do Well it ain't like ramblin' might be down right gamblin' Hoping that it will all pay off I've laid on futon, floorboards, couches, and dog beds Wishing that I could doze off This is my 9-5, best that I could find But I'm gonna make it work, I ain't got much else in line Gotta hit the road, gone another night Gonna hope ol' desi don't put up a fight Well it ain't easy, but you get what you put in My life will be full of living and losing But I'd never let that do me in All hell can't stop me, it's just the way I've always been I'm gonna live this way, I get to die this way Running the highways of American dreams I get to live this way, I get to die this way Running the highways of American dreams Yea!