chorus *  Old, broken down...
And feeling like there's nothing left.
chorus  There goes another town,
A Dream lost by a theft...
chorus  Oh can you see?
Nothing left to stand for!

chorus  Can't be all we're gonna be?

One giant end, -a closing door.
chorus  What's it gonna be?

You know we've lost it all before!

soft-spoken statement;

"Who's gonna save us now?"

This is what he stands for...
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for,
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

<musical break>


chorus  Oh can you see?
Only we can walk through the door!
chorus  No one but "We."
No one could ask for more...
chorus  World can-not see,
No one could ask more...
chorus  No one can be,
No way to ask more, -how?  

This is what he stands for.
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for now,
...stands for now...
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

This is what he stands for.
THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for...
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
chorus  This is what he stands for,
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

soft-spoken statement;

...the American dream...
...when did we lose our dream?

<musical break>

chorus  Worked in Michigan,
Lived in Virginia, -Carolina...
chorus  Jersey Re-pub-li-can,

BIBLE THUMPIN' AND A CHRISTIAN!

chorus  You know it's a sin?
solo verse
To let something special fall down...

<musical changeover>

Why lose another town?
Feeling tired, old and broken down...
Founding Fathers stirring in the ground,
and the media won't make a sound...
We won't lose another town!

chorus  'Cause...

This is what he stands for.
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for,
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

yeah, yeah...

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

This is what he stands for.
THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for...
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
chorus  This is what he stands for,
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

chorus all below
This is what he stands for...
THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR!
This is what he stands for,
This is what he stands for -see-e-e?

...yeah...Yeah-eh!

chorus
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM!

fade out
...that is what stands for..
...this is what he stands for..
...what he stands for...


...what we're,
all
standing for...