American Bad Dream

Album: Experiment (2018)
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  • Remember when ninth grade was about gettin' laid
    Skippin' class tryin' not to get caught
    Now you gotta take a test in a bullet proof vest
    Scared to death that you might get shot
    It's like I just closed my eyes
    Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise
    That hides behind the lines
    That hide the truth and I just can't take it no more

    So wake me up from this American bad dream
    Is it this messed up, or is it really reality?
    I'm becomin' numb to all of this tragedy
    Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    From this American bad dream (this American bad dream)

    I remember doin' 10 over the limit would just get you a ticket
    Just an inconvenience gettin' stopped
    Bad cops played the jury, made the good ones worry
    'Bout showin' up and doin' their job
    It's like I just closed my eyes
    Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise
    That hides behind the lines
    That hide the truth and I just can't take it no more

    So wake me up from this American bad dream
    Is it this messed up, or is it really reality?
    I'm becomin' numb to all of this tragedy
    Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    Yeah this American bad dream
    From this American bad dream, oh

    It's like I just closed my eyes
    Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise
    Damn

    So wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    Is it this messed up, or is it really reality?
    Yeah, I'm becomin' numb, oh, to all of this tragedy
    Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    From this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    Wake me up, wake me up (this American bad dream)
    Wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream)
    From this American bad dream Writer/s: Josh Hoge, Kane Brown, Richard Chase McGill, Sam Mackenzie Ellis
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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