There is no American dream

There is no American dream on a gravy train

Say goodbye to your cash

The champagne pops for the bankers

They always get your stash

There is no American dream for the little people

Who keep looking up

To the stars that never land

In their empty cups

There is no American dream

Las Vegas is a striptease for the lost

Praying to jesus, let me win the pot

Nobody is counting the moral cost

There is no American dream

The cards on the tables are plenty

As the one armed bandits light up

When the punters pockets are empty

There is no American dream

It’s trick of the light and marketing ploys

The robber barons see you coming

You are nothing but fallible toys

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