Ooh. <br />(With your life) <br />We broke down trying to leave town <br />Flying down the road to change <br />We were born to run, <br />Cali here we come <br />Escape from nowhere USA <br />Say goodbye to white picket fences <br />Say hello to palm trees and Benzes <br />They say you gotta fall to have it all <br />Yeah <br />We don’t want two kids and a wife <br />I don’t want a job, I just want a life <br />Sometimes the underdogs rise and the mighty fall <br />This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know <br />‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago <br />The world is spinning too fast for you and me <br />So tell me whatever happened to the American Dream <br />I know a girl I met her last night <br />She was fresh off the plane <br />She whispered in my ear, <br />“Baby, come here. I’ll do anything to make a name.” <br />Honey, take my hand follow me <br />‘cause I don’t wanna hurt you but he does <br />I just wanna give you some real advice <br />(Listen baby, mmm) <br />Never take candy from a stranger <br />And keep your eyes open for danger <br />‘Cause this right here is the twisted paradise <br />This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know <br />‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago <br />The world is spinning too fast for you and me <br />So tell me whatever happened to the American Dream <br />This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know <br />So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old <br />You know that nothing is the way it used to be <br />So tell me whatever happened to the American Dream <br />Na na na... <br />We were born to run, <br />Cali here we come <br />Gettin' out of here, baby <br />Let's get out of here <br />This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know <br />‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago <br />The world is spinning too fast for you and me <br />So tell me whatever happened to the American Dream <br />This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know <br />So baby, let’s live and die before we’re getting old <br />You know that nothing is the way it used to be <br />So tell me whatever happened to the American Dream <br />Na na na.
