[Verse 1]
I used to see you
On every t.v
Your smiling face
Looked back at me
I used to see you
On every t.v
Your smiling face
Looked back at me
Then they caught you
With the girl next door
People's money
Piled on the floor
Accusations
That you try to deny
Revelations
And rumors begin to fly
Now you think about
Reaching out
Maybe get some help
From above
Now you think about
Reaching out
Maybe get some help
From above

[Chorus 1]
Reporters crowd around
Your house
Going through your garbage
Like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they
May find out
It don't matter now
You're all washed up

[Verse 2]
You wake up in the middle
Of the night
Your sheets are wet
And your face is white
You tried to make
A good thing last
How could something so good
Go bad, so fast?

[Bridge]
American dream, american dream [x2]

[Chorus 2]
Don't know when
Things went wrong
Might have been when you
Were young and strong. [x2]

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]