Scratch the surface of this promised land,
American dreams can fall away,
the Vietnam vet gazes at the stars,
gimme a dollar, if not a dime,
believe, that’s what they say,
but reality is just a block away,
honky tonk music looking for the honky tonk man,
follow a neighbour, dreams fall away,
here cometh the time, repent ye souls,
baptist church all about town,
scratch the surface of this promised land,
American dreams can fall away.
