| I used to see you on every T.V.
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| Your smiling face looked back at me.
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| I used to see you on every T.V.
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| Your smiling face looked back at me.
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| Then they caught you with the girl next door,
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| People’s money piled on the floor,
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| Accusations that you try to deny,
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| Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
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| Now you think about reaching out
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| Try to get some help from above.
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| Now you think about reaching out
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| Try to get some help from above.
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| Reporters crowd around your house.
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| Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
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| Speculating what they may find out,
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| It don’t matter now, you’re all washed up.
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| You wake up in the middle of the night.
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| Your sheets are wet and your face is white,
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| You tried to make a good thing last,
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| How could something so good, go bad, so fast?
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| American dream, American dream
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| American dream, American dream.
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| Don’t know when things went wrong,
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| Might have been when you were young and strong.
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| Don’t know when things went wrong,
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| Might have been when you were young and strong.
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| Reporters crowd around your house.
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| Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
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| Speculating what they may find out,
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| It don’t matter now, you’re all washed up.
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| Don’t know when things went wrong,
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| Might have been when you were young and strong.
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| American dream, American dream.
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| Don’t know when things went wrong,
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| Might have been when you were young and strong.
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| American dream, American dream.
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| Lead Vocal: Neil Young
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| Drums: Joe Vitale
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| Bass: Bob Glaub
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| Electric Guitar: Neil Young
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| Keyboards: Stephen Stills
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| Hand-claps: Niko Bolas, Tim Mulligan, Tim Foster, Brentley Walton |