American Life Lyrics

American Life

Do I have to change my name

 Will it get me far

 Should I lose some weight

 Am I gonna be a star

 

 I tried to be a boy

 I tried to be a girl

 I tried to be a mess

 I tried to be the best

 I guess I did it wrong

 That's why I wrote this song

 This type of modern life

 Is it for me

 This type of modern life

 Is it for free

 

 So I went into a bar

 Looking for sympathy

 A little company

 I tried to find a friend

 It's more easily said

 It's always been the same

 This type of modern life

 Is not for me

 This type of modern life

 Is not for free

 

 Chorus:

 

 American life [American life]

 I live the American dream [American dream]

 You are the best thing I've seen

 You are not just a dream [American life]

 

 I tried to stay ahead

 I tried to stay on top

 I tried to play the part

 But somehow I forgot

 Just what I did it for

 And why I wanted more

 This type of modern life

 Is it for me

 This type of modern life

 Is it for free

 

 Do I have to change my name

 Will it get me far

 Should I lose some weight

 Am I gonna be a star

 

 (chorus)

 

 American life

 

 I tried to be a boy

 Tried to be a girl

 Tried to be a mess

 Tried to be the best

 Tried to find a friend

 Tried to stay ahead

 I tried to stay on top

 

 Do I have to change my name

 Will it get me far

 Should I lose some weight

 Am I gonna be a star

 

 Uh, uh, uh, uh

 

 (Spoken:)

 I'm drinkin' a soy latte

 I get a double shotie

 It goes right through my body

 And you know I'm satisfied

 I drive my mini cooper

 And I'm feeling super-duper

 Yo they tell me I'm a trooper

 And you know I'm satisfied

 I do yoga and pilates

 And the room is full of hotties

 So I'm checking out their bodies

 And you know I'm satisfied

 I'm diggin' on the isotopes

 This metaphysics shit is dope

 And if all this can give me hope

 You know I'm satisfied

 I got a lawyer and a manager

 An agent and a chef

 Three nannies, an assistant

 And a driver and a jet

 A trainer and a butler

 And a bodyguard or five

 A gardener and a stylist

 Do you think I'm satisfied

 

 I'd like to express my extreme point-of-view

 I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew

 I'm just living out the American dream

 And I just realized that nothing is what it seems

 

 Do I have to change my name

 Am I gonna be a star

 Do I have to change my name