She heard the word of the Lord but she took the devil's hand He led her up a one-way street She got married very young tried a mortgage round her neck Had a fam'ly underneath her feet She believed in that old American dream She believed in that old American dream
She watches ads that pass the hours on her color TV set She'll fall for each exaggerated line She'll look thirty when she's forty if she takes a little trouble But she'll always say she's twenty-nine She believed in that old American dream She believed in that old American dream
She'll die all alone yes she'll die in a private room oh yes she will Don't cry dear children don't cry she did it for you
She heard the word of the Lord but she took the devil's hand And the devil took her for his wife He sold her heaven on earth at a discount rate She paid it for the rest of her life She believed in that old American dream She believed in that old American dream
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