Everyday America

Grew up on a tightrope

Learned to smile even when I was fallin' down

Daddy had a hard hand and Mama always had hope

And me and my sister couldn't wait to get out

I fell in love out of college

Good man for the bad year

Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses

All my girlfriends cried, and I was out of here

Oh-whoa, everybody's dreaming big

Oh-whoa, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

Joey stares at a trophy

Took us all the way to State back in '85

A shining moment and a dusty reminder

He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive

Now there's toys in the backyard

Daddy's boys yeah, you know how they like to fight

When they sleep he swears they are angels

And he wouldn't trade a day for all those Friday nights

Oh-whoa, everybody's dreaming big

Oh-whoa, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

We can laugh, we can cry

We're all just looking for the reasons why

In a place of dark can we see the light?

Either way it'll be alright

Oh-whoa, everybody's dreaming big

Oh-whoa, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

Oh-whoa, everybody's dreaming big

Oh-whoa, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

A little town and a great big life

A little town and a great big life

I'm gonna live that wonderful life