[00:17.94]Working hard from day to day now
[00:20.73]I get a check that barely lasts
[00:24.18]I'm just another no choice member in
[00:26.91]Uncle Sam's desperation class
[00:30.18]Finding it hard to face my wife new kid born out of shotgun life
[00:36.33]Twenty years old and
[00:37.71]I love them both see no sunshine in our skies
[00:42.12]Silently we pray for turbulence to break
[00:48.30]How much more financial stress can we all take
[00:54.00]Getting closer to our limit
[00:56.82]We chase the penthouse from the basement
[00:59.76]Our current rat race we run to stand still
[01:02.73]This is our fading
[01:03.99]American Dream
[01:06.36]Bad news coming in these higher rent rates gouge us thin
[01:12.09]The sands of time are running down as we slip further behind
[01:18.33]Bleeding my family they're stretched too
[01:21.30]Eviction notes what can
[01:23.10]I do Twenty years old feel my life's on hold
[01:26.85]Yell at a school taught
[01:28.02]God oh why
[01:30.12]Silently we pray for turbulence to break
[01:36.33]How much more financial stress can we all take
[01:42.00]Getting closer to our limit
[01:44.76]We chase the penthouse from the basement
[01:47.82]Our current rat race we run to stand still
[01:50.73]This is our fading
[01:51.99]American Dream
[01:55.08]Have we ever been above water
[02:00.72]Do we ever see ourselves coming out of it alive
[02:09.84]Getting closer to our limit
[02:25.32]We chase the penthouse from the basement
[02:28.35]Our current rat race we run to stand still
[02:31.32]This is our fading
[02:32.49]American Dream
[02:34.23]I got no time no to go and cry now
[02:37.32]Leave for a second job don't want to go poor
[02:40.32]I'm just searching for my dignity
[02:43.35]This is our fading
[02:44.49]American Dream
[02:46.32]This is our fading
[02:47.46]American Dream
[02:49.29]This is our fading
[02:50.46]American Dream