American Dream

It was me and my brother sister and mother Down in a valley and out in the cold Wasn't long before 19 when sis joined the gypsies Brother the marines and I hit the road In the hills of Virginia the shit that they'll tell ya Will have you in stitches and blow you away So when I had it my way I took to the highway Said goodbye to my mama and went on my way And she'd say go fight the good fight Like a boat out on the sea Set the course, test the waters And carry on the american dream I was bursting with laughter shortly thereafter To hear each of us tell how we'd put up a fight Brother in Bahrain, sis with a girlfriend Me in a dive bar night after night And we'd go fight the good fight Like a boat out on the sea Set the course, test the waters And carry on the american dream Well now life has a way of handing A hand you never meant to hold But it comes down to how you play it To see just where it goes I will always remember the 6th of December When the call that I got took the wind out my sails The docs had no answer for Mom's type of cancer And heaven came down in what felt like a gale And now here I am a guitar and a band Ain't up in the big time but love singing to you And me, sis, and brother remember our mother And live out her dreamin' in all that we do When we go fight the good fight Like a boat out on the sea Set the course, test the waters And carry on the american dream