All this time I was thinking about Technicolor Super 8

Like those old films, blue waves, the white text over it

Like those crystal waters submerged, I'm happy under it

Oh just me, in the sea with blue light for company

And all this time I was trying to be James Dean, pristine

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

California, bleached blonde, pink skies across the pond

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

I could be a beacon of help, I could live without this wealth

And live my life in black and white, just like an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream

All this time I was thinking about Brando, Cousteau

Twentieth century slicked back, black and white heroes

And he wants to be a pilot, and he wants to be a diver

And he wants to be, he wants to be something higher

And all this time I was trying to be James Dean, pristine

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

California, bleached blonde, pink skies across the pond

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

I could be a beacon of help, I could live without this wealth

And live my life in black and white, just like an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream

In the rain and I'm going nowhere

In the sun I'm already there

I'll be the boy with the golden hair

I know it's all in America

Oh in the rain and I'm going nowhere

In the sun I'm already there

I'll be the boy with the golden hair

I know it's all in America

And all this time I was trying to be James Dean, pristine

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

California, bleached blonde, pink skies across the pond

Suntan, underwater, living an American dream

I could be a beacon of help, I could live without this wealth

And live my life in black and white, just like an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He's an American dream