American Life Lyrics

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

(Spoken:)
Fuck it

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:)
Fuck
it

(Spoken:)
I'm drinkin' a soy latte
I get a double
shoté
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 isotope
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?